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But the Soviet Union is long gone, and the papacy lives on.
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Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
Still, the moral force of the papacy has sometimes moved political tides – most recently in the emergence of the independent trade union movement Solidarity in communist Poland after the 1978 election of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish pontiff.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
But those who knew him as a younger man say his path to the papacy has equipped him well for the challenges ahead.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 11 May 2025
The power of the papacy extends far beyond Catholicism’s 1.4 billion followers.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 9 May 2025
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Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
Still, the moral force of the papacy has sometimes moved political tides – most recently in the emergence of the independent trade union movement Solidarity in communist Poland after the 1978 election of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish pontiff.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
But those who knew him as a younger man say his path to the papacy has equipped him well for the challenges ahead.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 11 May 2025
The power of the papacy extends far beyond Catholicism’s 1.4 billion followers.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the papacy
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“The papacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20papacy. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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