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Recent Examples of canon law
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.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Ordained in 1982, per College of Cardinals Report, Leo received a doctorate in canon law in Rome at the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
After his beginnings in Chicago, Leo XIV took his career overseas, moving to Rome in 1982 to study canon law, where he was also ordained as a priest.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
He was later sent to Rome to study canon law at the Pontifical Saint Thomas Aquinas University and was ordained as a priest in June 1982.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Ordained in 1982, per College of Cardinals Report, Leo received a doctorate in canon law in Rome at the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas.
—Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
After his beginnings in Chicago, Leo XIV took his career overseas, moving to Rome in 1982 to study canon law, where he was also ordained as a priest.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
He was later sent to Rome to study canon law at the Pontifical Saint Thomas Aquinas University and was ordained as a priest in June 1982.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canon law
Noun
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What distinguishes this program is not only the efficient process but also the underlying philosophy of cultivating outstanding physicians who are technically and empathetically skilled.—
Kristen Moon,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Moved by the clarity of her philosophy and relationship to nature, Chae went to study with her.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Over time, anyone who really questioned the theology of Biden was eventually kicked out, and the only people remaining in that inner circle are the truest of true believers.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
20 May 2025
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And like any theology, skepticism was not permitted.—
Scott Detrow,
NPR,
19 May 2025
Noun
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An emotional dependency on the technology that leads to the weakening or suppression of critical thinking, and fosters the mental construction of an ideology that fuels narratives of relativization, rationalization, or collective denial regarding their proper functioning, or lack thereof.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Some of these harmful ideologies might be downstream of these larger root causes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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“Canon law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canon%20law. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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