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pope

noun as in head of catholic church

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“Is the pope Catholic?” is another popular version of this type of question, but new ones are invented all the time.

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"Creation is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat," the pope said.

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The US pope has made social justice a key theme of his papacy, now in its sixth month since being made head of the world's Catholics in May following the death of Pope Francis.

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The celebrity meeting was a sprinkling of star dust for a still relatively new pope and a way for the Catholic Church to engage more with the world beyond.

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Spike Lee presented Pope Leo XIV with a New York Knicks jersey on Saturday as the US pope welcomed film stars to the Vatican, where he called cinema a vehicle of hope.

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