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papacy

[pey-puh-see] / ˈpeɪ pə si /
NOUN
Apostolic See
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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

His reign overlapped with the papacy of Hadrian I, which lasted from 772 to 795.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

American Catholic politics under Pope Leo look quite different from the politics in the later part of Pope Francis’ papacy, which spanned Trump’s first term.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 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

As the papacy lost its hold on its flock, the Catholic Church tried to reject zero and the void more strongly than ever, yet zero had already taken root.

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




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