papal

the papal succession; a papal bull.

the papal succession

he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices.

Papal priests pretended, by their senseless mummery, to convert the simple bread and wine into the actual "body and blood of Christ.

A Franciscan from Genoa, he enriched his family and the Papal States through simony and heavy taxation.

Popes seldom weigh in on economic matters and rarely in the form of an encyclical, one of the most authoritative forms of papal writing.

You could find it in papal Rome.

First up, a papal trip across the sea.

Vatican encyclicals are the most authoritative form of papal teaching.

The doctrinal debates and papal intrigue in Rome hardly concern him.

''That should keep you out of mischief.'' Papal wink, papal nudge.

The papal conclave will start Tuesday afternoon following morning mass at the Vatican.

It takes a message from their mother to the papal cops to separate them.

Today, the church's official records say the Roman Line was always the true papal power.

In the first papal resignation for 600 years, Benedict handed his authority over to his deputy.

He's on the first papal visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo for nearly 40 years.