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The archbishop’s letter named one of Fitzpayne’s many paramours: Forde, who was rector of a parish church in a village on the Fitzpayne family’s estate in Dorset.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
In the weeks ahead of the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, said in a joint press conference with five other American cardinals on Friday.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 11 May 2025
Prevost then switched to Spanish to recall his years as a missionary and later archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru.
—Anders Hagstrom , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
As the College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican in the coming weeks to elect Francis’ successor, Gomez, a mere archbishop, will stay home.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
In the weeks ahead of the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, said in a joint press conference with five other American cardinals on Friday.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 11 May 2025
Prevost then switched to Spanish to recall his years as a missionary and later archbishop of Chiclayo, Peru.
—Anders Hagstrom , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
As the College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican in the coming weeks to elect Francis’ successor, Gomez, a mere archbishop, will stay home.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
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Verny, who is currently the bishop of Chambery, France, has been a member of the commission since 2022 and heads the child protection council of the bishops conference in France, where the church has been rocked by revelations of decades and abuse by priests and bishops.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Leo’s old diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, meanwhile, is waiting for their bishop to come home, and then there’s Argentina, which never got a papal visit from the first-ever Argentine pope.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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The pope’s parents — Louis Prevost, a school administrator who died in 1997, and Mildred, a librarian who died in 1990 — owned and lived in the brick house for decades.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Located in the Apostolic Palace, the pope’s official residence, the rooms were painted by the Renaissance master and his students in the early 1500s.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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On the Sunday before the wedding, two of them—the abbot emeritus Padre Norberto Villa and his colleague Padre Paolo Maria Censori—filed into the Chapel of the Dead to celebrate Mass.—
Max Norman,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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Eugenia, raised pagan, joined a monastery to learn more about Christianity and later became abbot.—
Sarah Barringer,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Francis dramatically reshaped the group of prelates who will soon cast their votes for his successor in front of Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote.—
Time,
Time,
7 May 2025
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Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.—
David Tarrant,
Dallas News,
6 Apr. 2020
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The shows are also considered a powerful symbol of Puerto Rican self-reliance and the belief that the US territory can stand tall on its own, says Javier J. Hernández Acosta, dean of the School of Arts, Design and Creative Industries at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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The group’s chair, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a kidney specialist who was a former dean at the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school, said in an interview that his organization had worked with the Trump administration and that threats of funding cuts were key to the effort.—
Azeen Ghorayshi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
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The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.—
Allie Gross,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Aug. 2017
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“Archbishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archbishop. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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