They thought the Pope ruled the Church as if it was a worldly kingdom, and was ultimately doomed.

The Pope ultimately ruled against tolerating the continuation of these practices among Chinese Roman Catholic converts.

"Liquidum non rumpit jenjunium," ruled the Pope: "Liquid does not break the fast."

The Pope, as Bishop of Rome, ruled what was a duchy of the empire, and paid taxes accordingly.

The Pope ruled on the dispute, a ratification ensued and a treaty was signed on 2 May 1985.

Pope had ruled that the Pueblos were ordinary citizens living on private property, and did not fit into the classes of Indians defined in the 1897 law.

The Pope had not ruled on the matter yet.

Oh, how he'd chortled when he learned that Pope Innocent had ruled in his favor.

Finally, Pope Innocent III ruled for the monks and ordered Walter to destroy what had been built.

Many accusations against the order were not accepted as the Pope ruled that confessions under torture were inadmissible.