Pontiff in a sentence

Roncalli was unable to see his mother for the end as the death of a pontiff meant that he would have to stay at his post until the election of a new pontiff.

Cardinal Krajewski was among the cardinals celebrating Mass with Pope Francis in the chapel of Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel where the pontiff has lived since his election.

Church bells tolled for the death of ex-pope Benedict XVI in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, where Catholics revered their "great" former pontiff.

Following the surgery, Francis will be a “strong pope,” said Alfieri, who was outside along with the surging crowd as the pontiff exited.

The 86-year-old pontiff was admitted to Gemelli hospital on March 29 after suffering from breathing difficulties.

The document, “Praise God,” was released on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the pontiff’s nature-loving namesake, and was aimed at spurring negotiators to commit to binding climate targets at the next round of U.N. talks in Dubai.

The location itself is a dangerous one, filled with Pontiff Knights that can easily overwhelm the player.

Then on August 31, he is scheduled to fly to Mongolia for the first-ever visit by a pontiff to the Asian country, which has a tiny Catholic community.

The pontiff has suffered increasing health issues in recent years, and it was his second stay in hospital since 2021.

The pontiff received antibiotics administered intravenously during his stay in hospital, the Vatican said.

This was done on the advice of the Tiruvavduthurai adheenam after the late CR Rajagopalachary discussed it with the Shaivite pontiff following Nehru’s consultations with him.

While some consider the pontiff's gesture purely symbolic, Sunchild said the repudiation could result in more than that, depending on the court's response.

In 1209 (or 1210 according to other sources) he went to Rome together with his companions and obtained approval from the pontiff.

In his New Year's address to diplomats at the Vatican, the 87-year-old pontiff said it was a "grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child".

On Thursday, in the biggest mosque in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, the pontiff used a joint statement with Indonesia’s Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar to pinpoint “two serious crises” facing the world: dehumanization and climate change.

On Thursday the pontiff to Rome’s Rebibbia women’s prison where, seated in a wheelchair, he washed and kissed the feet of 12 female inmates, many of whom wept with emotion.

President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has consoled Pope Francis regarding the recent tragic loss of Former Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, who had previously met the Pontiff in 2016.

Second, in contrast to the pontiff’s assumption that surrogacy is exploitative because women are looking to improve their dire economic situation, surrogates often report a host of reasons for their actions.

Staunch Roman Catholic Lady Antonia Fraser appeals to Pope Francis to reverse his plan to banish the Latin Mass. She adds her name to a letter in The Times urging the pontiff not to call time on the liturgy.

The Pontiff also held an audience with Catholics in the Gothic 17th-century Notre-Dame Cathedral, in which he emphasized the historically Catholic country’s need to evangelize Europe in the face of rapidly growing secularization.