pontificate
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Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.
From Los Angeles Times
The 70-year-old pope, born as Robert Prevost in Chicago and known for most of his life as “Bob,” has had a quiet start to his pontificate.
And as Mother Russia Mr. Turner is uproariously funny, interrupting the proceedings to rant and pontificate.
His pontificate was a steady point of authority in an increasingly unstable world.
ISTANBUL—After a low-profile start to his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV is stepping into the limelight.
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