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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Pope (1914–1922) who sponsored World War I relief efforts and sought to mediate peace.
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- noun pope who founded the Vatican service for prisoners of war during World War I (1854-1922)
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During World War I, the impartiality of Benedict XV irritated governments on both sides, which suspected him of really favoring their enemies.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How the Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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During World War I, the impartiality of Benedict XV irritated governments on both sides, which suspected him of really favoring their enemies.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How The Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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During World War I, the impartiality of Benedict XV irritated governments on both sides, which suspected him of really favoring their enemies.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How The Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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During World War I, the impartiality of Benedict XV irritated governments on both sides, which suspected him of really favoring their enemies.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How the Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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He's gone all the way back to 1919, when the cardinal at the time had to be told by Benedict XV, to get rid of his nephew and a priest who had a wife and home in another state.
Archive 2008-09-01 Dymphna 2008
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He's gone all the way back to 1919, when the cardinal at the time had to be told by Benedict XV, to get rid of his nephew and a priest who had a wife and home in another state.
The Faithful Departed Dymphna 2008
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And that last but not least, Benedict XV gave a written letter to Chavez of all of his opinions so as to make sure that Chavez would not distort them as he pleases once he is out of the Vatican.
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And that last but not least, Benedict XV gave a written letter to Chavez of all of his opinions so as to make sure that Chavez would not distort them as he pleases once he is out of the Vatican.
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Americans evaded Europe's tragedy because they rejected the idolatry that you and your predecessors, including the great Benedict XV, failed to control.
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Writing on the Web site Counterpunch. com, Greg C. Estabrook recently suggested that the new Pope might emulate his immediate namesake, Benedict XV, who was "known for three things-putting an end to an intellectual witch-hunt run by his predecessor, Pope Pius X; reversing Pius 'anti-liberal politics; and working strenuously for an end to [World War I]."
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