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papal

[pey-puhl] / ˈpeɪ pəl /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the pope
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The pope has spoken about the challenges and opportunities of the digital age for the young and devoted his first encyclical -- a sort of papal manifesto -- to artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Our postmodern pope’s meta-callback to another papal deep-cut.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Students of American history will recall an earlier incident that pitted papal and presidential authority against each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The growing resort to warfare is squeezing the space for papal envoys’ efforts at quiet mediation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

It was his business to stick the leaden seals on papal bulls, and, so as to preserve the Secrecy of the Pope, they used to make sure that he could not read a won!

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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