Pontificate in a sentence

A short text describing his pontificate was sealed inside a metal cylinder and placed with his body along with episcopal palliums, the white wool vestment worn around the neck that symbolizes a bishop’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

At the beginning of the pontificate, Francis praised his predecessor’s decision to abdicate and suggested that abdication was an option for him.

It’s more “hidden” than the others because many consider it a leftover from Benedict and not really part of the Francis pontificate.

Over the course of the next days, I will look at the pontificate from different angles.

Should that happen, it would mark a truly extraordinary moment in an extraordinary pontificate.

Too many politicians are content to pontificate or moralise rather than actually doing their job.

During his pontificate, however, Pope Francis has only convened a consistory three times to discuss issues at hand.

He has been in hospital two other times during his pontificate for abdominal surgery, including one 10-day stay in 2021 to remove part of his large intestine.

Iacopo Scaramuzzi, the Vatican correspondent for Italian daily La Repubblica, said the memoir is a chance for the Pope to "reflects on his entire life, during what appears to be the final phase of his pontificate".

In the homily at the beginning of his pontificate, the late pope said: “Do not be afraid.

It’s easy for a newspaper to pontificate on ways to address the issues, and quite another for moderators and town officials to shape a thoughtful debate and allow voters to make meaningful change.

On the other hand, the process of of the Papacy that began with Paul VI (think of the scenic deposition of the tiara) continued without interruption even under the pontificate of (who also removed the tiara from the papal coat of arms).

On TikTok, videos with thousands of views pontificate about the benefits of maintaining a healthy vaginal microbiome (a term that is used interchangeably with “vaginal microflora”), linking it to fertility, STIs, immunity, inflammation, and HPV.

The Wanderer, a conservative Catholic newspaper in the United States, said the revelations about Fernandez’s book were cause for alarm and confirmed the direction of Francis’ 10-year pontificate.

Francis had started writing the encyclical, the third of his pontificate, before the coronavirus struck and upended everything from the global economy to everyday life.

Let me quickly point out that I am eminently qualified to pontificate on this, as I can use myself as an example.

The cable news ratings during impeachment prove that given a choice between watching Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff pontificate and getting a root canal, most people would call the dentist.

Those who like to pontificate on social concerns, found it convenient not to utter a syllable about what was taking place in the country.

As the morning news anchor, it's not my job to pontificate or editorialize any of the stories I'm doing; that's not the kind of guy I am.

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