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papacy

[pey-puh-see] / ˈpeɪ pə si /
NOUN
Apostolic See
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A.I. has been a key motif of Leo’s nascent papacy, from early speeches to advisory groups to the reception of tech execs who’ve approached the holy man on their own.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Leo has made the hot-button issue a cornerstone of his papacy in dedicating to it his first encyclical -- a document which lays the basis for Church teaching and longer-term debate.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

But as outrage mounted in Italy, home to the papacy, she said she needed to clarify that she had found Trump’s words “unacceptable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

This was a time tensions between the French monarchy and the papacy that lead to a seven-decade-long relocation of the papacy from Rome to the French-controlled Avignon.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

At first the papacy was blind to the danger.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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