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Francis has reigned longer than the 7.5 years average length of the previous 265 pontificates.

From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2023

It was enlarged over succeeding pontificates to its present size, which is now bigger than Vatican City itself.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

When Dudamel pontificates about music’s ability to unify communities and heal the soul, his voice comes through with pitch-perfect emotion.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2022

Its period of maximal influence, the late 1960s and 1970s, had been an era of institutional crisis for the church, which gave way to the conservative pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2021

Like a preacher, he pontificates his own peculiar brand of wisdom.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman