papacy

Example Sentences

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The U.S. once had a complicated relationship with the papacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

The Order of the Hermits of St Augustine was established in 1256 when the papacy объединed several hermit groups from central Italy into a single mendicant order.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

Six months into his papacy, Pope Leo still looks like a man who is taking in the gravity of the role, and weighing up his options.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

The current pontiff understands his own papacy as presiding over a comparable cataract in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

At first the papacy was blind to the danger.

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