pontiff in English

noun
1
the pope.
The Vatican said the pontiff has been cured of the flu-related breathing problems that landed him there.

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1. 7 Emperor , Caliph , Pontiff , Pope Empire, Caliphate, Pontificate.

2. ISIS never Conquered Rome, but this month a Roman pontiff Conquered Iraq

3. 9 In his homily the Pontiff focused on the ills of modern materialism .

4. Antipope, a false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected

5. The executor will give an account of his activities only to the new Supreme Pontiff.

6. Antipope [Lat.,=against the pope], person elected pope whose election was declared uncanonical and in opposition to a canonically chosen pontiff

7. “The body of a Pontiff belongs to the entire Church,” explains archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, a member of the Vatican hierarchy.

8. Antipope is a bishop who claims to be the pope, but was not canonically elected as Bishop of Rome (i.e., supreme pontiff)

9. An invalidly elected Pontiff is removing the Church's doctrinal heritage Bimillenary, leaving destruction, ruin and rubble behind in the Lord's vineyard

10. BAGHDAD -- In Iraq’s holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered Ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued …

11. "Since the forms of election known as 'per Acclamationem seu inspirationem' and 'per compromissum' are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff

12. In Iraq’s holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered Ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued by bitter divisions

13. “Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone

14. Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone.

15. Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone.

16. "Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone.

17. Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone

18. "Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone

19. "Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone.

20. Since the forms of election known as 'per Acclamationem seu inspirationem' and 'per compromissum' are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be 'per scrutinium' alone

21. Since the forms of election known as per Acclamationem seu inspirationem and per compromissum are abolished, the form of electing the Roman Pontiff shall henceforth be per scrutinium alone

22. 20 hours ago · Pope Francis has named a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse to serve on a Vatican commission that advises the pontiff on how to protect children from …

23. Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said Beatifying Paul VI was a good decision, noting that the pontiff completed the Second Vatican Council, which was started by Pope John XXIII, who has just been made a saint

24. It follows from this view that Concordats may always be revoked by the State, but not by the Pontiff; as far as the Church is concerned they are mere privileges revocable at the will of the civil ruler.

25. 20 hours ago · Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean man who helped uncover a clerical sex abuse scandal to a Vatican commission that advises the pontiff on how to protect children from pedophile clergy

26. In `The Confessor', the third of the Gabriel Allon thrillers, the election of a new Pontiff coincides with the appearance of various papers minuting meetings, during World War II, between officials of the Vatican and the Nazi Party

27. But in the 2000 year history of the Catholic Church, there have been more than 40 Antipopes. An antipope is a bishop who claims to be the pope, but was not canonically elected as Bishop of Rome (i.e., supreme pontiff)

28. It can be said that, thanks to this critical and self-critical effort, we are already beginning to pass from the "negative" phase to a "positive" implementation of Vatican II, that is, to that authentic renewal or "aggiornamento" which was among the aims of the lovable Pontiff who courageously decided on it.

29. For example, on 7 September 1945, Dr. Joseph Nathan, who represented the Italian Hebrew Commission, stated: "Above all, we acknowledge the Supreme Pontiff and the religious men and women who, executing the directives of the Holy Father, recognized the persecuted as their brothers and, with effort and abnegation, hastened to help us, disregarding the terrible dangers to which they were exposed" (L'Osservatore Romano, 8 September 1945, p. 2).