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Pope Leo was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 14, 1955, and studied at Villanova University and the Catholic Theological Union, and later studied canon law at Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43
In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Prevost would be an effective administrator as head of the church and was an expert in church canon law.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Prevost was pastor of vocations and director of missions for the Augustinian order in Chicago and worked in Peru for several years teaching canon law.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43
In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025
Prevost would be an effective administrator as head of the church and was an expert in church canon law.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
Prevost was pastor of vocations and director of missions for the Augustinian order in Chicago and worked in Peru for several years teaching canon law.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canon law
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Clos du Val grows its grapes in the Stags Leap region of Napa Valley with a Bordeaux philosophy and approach to winemaking.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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This effort included investing in new high-speed production technologies and reducing inefficiencies using the Lean Six Sigma method—a corporate philosophy that encourages employees to identify and address problems.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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The fund will be dedicated to empowering leaders through the college and supporting its programs on theology and social justice.—
Rachel Wegner,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Mojtaba Khamenei currently teaches theology at a religious seminary in Qom and is closely aligned with his father’s hardline views, Reuters reported, citing sources.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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This has become something of a state religion—as much a matter of ideology as of strategy.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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The idea that no one was born inherently superior, that status wasn’t tied to birth but to citizenship and shared rights, was a radical break in human history and a decisive rejection of Old World European ideology.—
Jared Nordlund,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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“Canon law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canon%20law. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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