- plural of cardinal.
cardinals
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Her recent joint interview with three U.S. cardinals about Pope Leo XIV and his church’s opposition to the Iran war and Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown became a major story in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
She knows the neighborhood visitors — a pair of cardinals, for instance — and frets about them when we’re away.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
Six months since a conclave of cardinals elected the first North American to the Papacy, some Catholics feel that Leo has been slow to stamp his own mark on the role.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
It is in a way the most civilized of all the cardinals, and its use is only forced on us by the needs of cultivated modes of thought.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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