How to Use Vatican in a Sentence

Vatican

noun
  • The yellow of the cloak references the color of the flag of Vatican City.
    — Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 2025-01-21
  • Sure, involving lots of women in a Vatican synod is a giant step forward.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 2023-11-08
  • In what ways was Vatican II thought to be more progressive than the previous ways the church had taught?
    — Literary Hub, 2025-05-29
  • Videos of the demonstration showed an array of flags, with one protester waving the flag of Vatican City.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 2023-12-18
  • Officials found not to have reported these crimes to Vatican City State police could face up to six months in prison.
    — Anna Gordon, Time, 2023-08-02
  • The Philippines is the only country in the world, aside from Vatican City, where divorce is still not allowed.
    — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 2023-10-06
  • Rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering generated as much hope, hype and fear as this three-week, closed-door meeting, known as a synod.
    — Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 2023-10-05
  • The 88-year-old pontiff, with a small oxygen hose under his nose, waved to the crowds in Vatican City on a sunny morning.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2025-04-06
  • For weeks, the new guards have been training for the solemn occasion in the small courtyard within their small barracks tucked inside Vatican City gates.
    — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 2024-05-06
  • Becciu, who has denied any wrongdoing, was the first cardinal to be tried in Vatican City’s criminal court.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 2023-12-16
  • On this winter’s night, although far from his character’s Vatican setting, Fiennes still cuts a dash in denim and a woolly sweater.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2025-02-11
  • Cabrini suffered ill health throughout much of her life but that never stopped the trailblazer who refused to take no for an answer, even from Vatican City.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 2024-03-06
  • The pope was resting Sunday morning after a quiet night, Vatican officials said.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 2025-03-09
  • California fires derailed Biden’s plans for a final foreign trip to Italy and to Vatican City.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 2025-01-13
  • But even Vatican officials had been clamoring to hear his voice, saying the pope’s calls for peace are particularly needed at a time of such global conflict and war.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 2025-03-07
  • When the supreme pontiff — the head of the Catholic Church — dies, cardinals from all over the world gather in Vatican City to vote for a new pope from among their elite group.
    — Eric Andersson, People.com, 2024-10-26
  • In Vatican City, many religious services are held, including a midnight Mass.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 2024-12-16
  • Pharrell Williams and Andrea Bocelli are co-directing a concert set to take place in the heart of Vatican City.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
  • At just 510 total acres, Monaco is the second-smallest country in the world, trailing only Vatican City.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2025-03-12
  • After the pope’s remarks became public, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni acknowledged the backlash to the cleric’s joking use of the slur.
    — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 2024-05-29
  • The piece, which was part of a Vatican collection, was on display in Rome’s Lateran Palace before disappearing.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-09-20
  • The extent of that welcome became the most divisive issue during October’s month-long meeting in Vatican City on the direction of the faith.
    — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 2023-12-18
  • But according to the findings of the latest Vatican investigation, the abuses went beyond Figari.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2024-09-25
  • In pale habits, black priests’ vestments, the dark suits of mourners and the stripes of football jerseys, hundreds of thousands gathered in Vatican City this week to mourn Pope Francis.
    — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 2025-04-27
  • The cardinals stay at the Casa Santa Marta, a fairly simple dormitory on Vatican grounds.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 2024-10-26
  • The woman, who doctors said had a low chance of survival, was said to have healed miraculously after praying for Acutis to intercede, according to Vatican News.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 2024-07-07
  • The extent of that welcome became the most divisive issue during October's monthlong meeting in Vatican City on the direction of the faith.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2023-12-19
  • The move also contrasts with Pope Francis, who said no to moving into the papal apartments when he was ordained in 2013, choosing instead a Vatican guesthouse.
    — Greg Wehner , Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II, opened in 1962 as thousands of Catholics gathered to update church practices for a modernizing world, focusing on inclusivity and reconciliation.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
  • On January 1, 2025, Vatican City enacted some of the world’s most comprehensive internal AI guidelines for a sovereign territory, covering data transparency, energy consumption, and the ethical principles against autonomous weapons, aligning with the Holy See’s broader international advocacy.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025

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