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• a  proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
  papal dispensation

• Not likelynot on the opening day of the largest, most complex gathering of Cardinal electors in the long pageant of papal elections.
• The papal flag was hauled down, the silken banner of the Chigi family hoisted in its stead.
• The Church's great human hope is embodied in a series of papal encyclicals of which the two most fundamental are Rerum Novarum (May 15, 1891) and Quadragesima Anno (May 15, 1931).

• apostolic
• apostolical
• pontifical

News & Articles

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• Vatican's credit shutdown emblematic of financial woes
  VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition.
  June 14, 2013 - The Vacaville Reporter
• Vatican credit stop emblematic of finance woes
  The Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition. Too bad overseas collectors won't be able to buy it for months. The Associated Press has learned that the Vatican ...
  June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Vatican's credit card debacle far longer and costlier than disclosed
  VATICAN CITY — The Vatican put a new coin on sale last week to commemorate its historic papal transition. Too bad overseas collectors won't be able to buy it for months.
  June 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Mel Gibson in CNN
  Asked if he was anti-Semitic, Gibson said, "No, of course not. And here's the other thing. For me, it goes against the tenets of my faith, to be racist in any form. To be anti-Semitic is a sin. It's been condemned by one Papal Council after another....
• Jim Murphy in AFP
  This is an historic visit at an important time,Murphy said. "The papal visit represents an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen ties between the UK and the Holy See on action to tackle poverty and climate change."
• Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga in International Herald Tribune
  Those who live in Rome, in Italy or in Europe maybe can't appreciate the value of papal trips,Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras told the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire in an interview published Thursday.