as in letter
an official writing from the Pope to the Roman Catholic bishops
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Recent Examples of encyclical
Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021
When Trump visited the Vatican in 2017, one of the gifts Francis presented was his encyclical on the environment - a pointed message to a leader who pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.
—Chico Harlan, Seung Min Kim, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2021
Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
In 1968, Tracy, McGinn and 20 other Catholic University of America professors tried to dissent from the pope’s encyclical reaffirming the church’s position barring artificial birth control.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
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Noun
When Trump visited the Vatican in 2017, one of the gifts Francis presented was his encyclical on the environment — a pointed message to a leader who decided to pull the United States from the Paris climate agreement.
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His most famous encyclical, Rerum Novarum of 1891, addressed workers’ rights and capitalism at the beginning of the industrial revolution and was highlighted by the Vatican in explaining the new pope’s choice of name.
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Allen sent a letter detailing the violations to St. Hope administrators July 26, giving them 30 days to respond with a plan to remedy the violations.—
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For example, the museum obtained a letter written by Grace Thorpe to her mother during World War II because someone had found it in an antique shop.—
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His first Sunday blessings as head of the global catholic church.—
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The first American pope in the history of the catholic church speaking in Latin and Italian, delivering a message of peace.—
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The messages warn drivers of unpaid fees on traffic violations and threaten steep penalties, including additional fines and suspension of driving privileges if the reader does not comply.—
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Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary under Biden, has also described the Democratic brand as being in need of repair, prescribing a message that is not simply focused on opposing President Donald Trump.—
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As a proud dad, the 38-year-old wrote his firstborn a sweet epistle to acknowledge his birthday.—
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One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah.—
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Oilers general manager Stan Bowman never really tried.—
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Valuation: Reasonable on Surface, Risky Underneath At first sight, Moderna’s valuation multiple, indicated by a P/S ratio of 3.2 times, seems neutral when compared to the broader market, aligning its valuation multiple with that of the general market.—
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The city’s policy for proclamations states that, among other things, the council will not issue the documents for matters of a political or religious nature.—
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Haines concluded that the evidence presented by the Trump administration supported the president's reasoning behind the proclamation.—
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The curious thing about this compendious, scrupulously researched biography, so rich in basketball and cultural lore, is that the best parts are not about basketball at all.—
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Although employment has begun to recover, the need to create jobs has prompted several Indian states to suspend many of the country’s compendious labour regulations.—
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And these Mother’s Day ads and missives just really get to me.—
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In dueling lawsuits and PR missives, both sides offer scenarios that both overlap and diverge.—
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“Encyclical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclical. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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