episcopal

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Recent Examples of episcopal While Barron's episcopal office concerns his parishes in Minnesota — where he is already widely known — his public influence stretches around the world via his books, videos, radio shows and documentaries with his Word on Fire ministries. Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 Whitehead got out of the car, wearing a Fendi blazer and a large episcopal ruby ring. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023 These prohibitions weren’t very effective; a thousand years later, astrologers were active at the papal and episcopal courts, and within the entourages of numerous Christian rulers. Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023 Pope Francis' episcopal philosophy has become more complicated than ever as the leader once commonly thought of as a solid progressive has become harder to categorize. Fox News, 21 July 2022 See All Example Sentences for episcopal
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  • How the papal conclave works 2025 papal conclave vote: Voting for a new pope The first ballot was cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News.
    Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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  • View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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  • Now, different South Carolina officials and agencies are pointing fingers at each other over what appear to have been two clerical errors that led to gaps in Dickey's record.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
  • Though Guidepost’s report and court filings in Hunt’s case referred to Womack with a pseudonym, a momentary clerical error left her name unredacted in a court document.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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  • Over the next several months, ESA and the five launch companies will negotiate with European governments for funding leading up to ESA's ministerial council meeting in November, when ESA member states will set the agency's budget for at least the next two years.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
  • With ministerial review, the city is not required to gather public input or hold a public hearing.
    Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
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  • Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.
    Jacob F. Love, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
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  • Related Articles For the past 40-plus years in the Philippines, Natori’s mother Angelita Cruz has been very close to the nuncios (who act as pontifical ambassadors), the designer said.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
  • The only pontifical name that hasn't been used more than once is Peter, the name of the first pope, though there's no prohibition against doing so.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 8 May 2025
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  • Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.
    Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2017
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  • But in spite of this discrimination, religious dissent grew rapidly in the mid-18th century, led by evangelical Presbyterians and Baptists.
    Time, Time, 10 July 2025
  • Monday’s filing was the product of a lawsuit filed in Texas in September 2024 on behalf of the National Religious Broadcasters, an international association of evangelical Christian communicators, as well as Intercessors for America, a conservative Christian prayer advocacy group.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 9 July 2025

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