papacy

IPA: pˈeɪpʌsi

Examples of "papacy" in Sentences

Q: If Joan's papacy is so well documented, why is the subject so controversial?
The papacy is a false anticipation of the kingdom during the Church-historical period.
Unfortunately, Pope Benedict's papacy is already shaping up as a series of such disasters.
His papacy is likely to continue to deal with that rift and other such divisions in global society.
One of the chief goals of Benedict's papacy is to battle trends toward an increasingly secular society, particularly in western Europe.
The papacy is NOT 'infallible'crows a poster on the Democratic Underground site), you might logically fixate on Benedict's admission that matters weren't handled well.
So will the questions of whether the papacy is to pass from Europe (now seen as a pagan place that needs to be converted all over again) and whether the Italian cardinals or the German ones will hold sway in the conclave.
As it sets in motion the election of the next Pope, it serves as a reminder that the papacy is not passed on but taken up afresh — that it is recast by each man who occupies the office, and that the process by which a new Pope is chosen is something other than a simple succession.