- POPE
- Apostolic Palace resident
- The __ of Greenwich Village (1984 movie)
- Bishop of Rome
- Karol Wojtyla's job
- Vatican VIP
- +-:-
- Urban, e.g.
- Is the ___ Catholic?
- Francis's title
- See figure 1?
- The Holy See resident
- Holy See head honcho
- His Twitter handle is @Pontifex
- Dunciad poet
- He has mass appeal
- Author of stepquote (last name)
- St. Peter, for one
- See somebody?
- The Dunciad poet
- Karol Wojtyla's title
- Church leader
- Vatican City VIP
- An Essay on Criticism writer
- Source of infallible teachings
- Urbi et orbi speaker
- Whom the Swiss Guard guard
- José Martí International Airport VIP of 2015
- Francis, since 2013
- Authority figure kidnapped by Peter Griffin in the "Family Guy" episode "Holy Crap"
- One bearing a cross, often
- Innocent, say
- The spirit of the Antichrist, per Martin Luther
- John Paul II's title
- John Paul II, for example
- Vatican resident
- Castel Gandolfo resident
- Nuncio's boss
- Cardinals' manager?
- English poet Alexander
- Benedict XVI, currently
- John, Paul or John Paul
- 18th-century translator of Homer
- John or Paul, but not Ringo
- Castel Gandolfo summer resident
- Mass producer?
- Rome VIP
- Urban, for one
- One who pontiff-icates?
- Holy See resident
- One guarded by the Swiss Guard
- Francis, for one
- Olivia's last name on "Scandal"
- Whom the Swiss Guard guards
- Leader chosen by a conclave
- Benedict, currently
- The new one's from Argentina
- Carol Wojtyla's title
- John Paul II
- Holy Father
- Innocent, for one
- John or Paul
- The most recent one was inaugurated in 2005
- 18th-century poet Alexander
- Benedict XVI, e.g.
- One of six Pauls, e.g.
- St. Peter was the first
- An Essay on Man poet Alexander
- Benedict I, e.g.
- Fabian, for one
- Catholic leader
- Vatican figure
- Francis or John Paul II, e.g.
- Leader who wears the Ring of the Fisherman
- Religious leader associated with the ends of the four longest puzzle answers
- Vitalian, for one
- Issuer of bulls
- Religious leader
- Peter was the first one
- An Essay on Criticism poet
- Religious leader in "Angels & Demons"
- St. Peter's Square figure
- Vatican leader
- Francis, most recently
- Scandal crisis manager Olivia
- Leader whose regalia includes a tiara
- John or Paul, but not Ringo or George
- Leader of the Holy See
- The bishop of Rome
- Vatican City leader
- Vatican City head
- Vatican head
- Any of 16 Benedicts
- Vatican election of 2005
- __ Benedict XVI
- Essay on Man writer
- Head of the Holy See
- Ring of the Fisherman wearer
- Whom the Swiss Guards guard
- Fools rush in source
- Head of the smallest nation
- Leader of the Vatican
- Vatican City boss
- Frequent speaker from St. Peter's
- Leader of a 109-acre nation
- Boss at the Vatican
- Fisherman's ring wearer
- Vicar of Christ
- Holy See overseer
- English poet who wrote "Essay on Man," 1733.
- Author of 1728 dunce-epic.
- Contemporary of Swift and Addison.
- Master of the heroic couplet.
- He wears the Fisherman's ring.
- Formerly Eugene Pacelli.
- He said, "The proper study of mankind is man."
- Eugenio Pacelli, since 1939.
- Maker of Cardinals.
- He wrote "Lo, the poor Indian!"
- Friend of Gay and Swift.
- He wrote, "She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen."
- Poet famous for heroic couplets.
- 18th-century poet.
- English poet.
- Wicked Wasp of Twickenham.
- Contemporary of Swift.
- John XXIII.
- Author of "The Dunciad."
- Friend of Swift and Gay.
- He said, "Hope springs eternal in the human breast."
- Poet of the heroic couplet.
- Author of "An Essay on Man."
- Paul VI.
- Important poet.
- Poet of 18th cen.
- Windsor Forest poet
- Paul or Leo.
- Essay on Man author
- English satirist
- Poet Alexander
- British writer
- He wrote "Essay on Man"
- Paul, John or Leo
- He likened 23 Across to 44 Across
- Poet who warned about "a little learning"
- Alexander or John Paul II
- He wrote "The Dunciad"
- English poet ("The Dunciad")
- Church head
- Essay on Man poet
- Alexander was the fifth
- Homer translator
- Roman Catholic leader
- St. Symmachus, for one
- Pontifical English poet?
- Adrian or Pius
- The Wicked Wasp of Twickenham
- John Paul, e.g.
- Pontiff
- Innocent, e.g.
- John Paul II, e.g.
- John or Paul but not George or Ringo
- Swift contemporary
- It can precede or follow Alexander
- The Swiss Guards guard him
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread writer
- An Essay on Criticism essayist
- Tiara wearer
- Wearer of a famous ring
- Poet who wrote "To err is human …"
- Successor of St. Peter
- Poet who wrote "Hope springs eternal in the human breast"
- Wearer of a triple tiara
- Venerated visitor
- Pastorals poet
- Writer who popularized the saying "To err is human, to forgive divine"
- One of five Nicholases
- Source of the line "Hope springs eternal ..."
- Historic resignee of 2013
- World leader with an eponymous "mobile"
- Vicar of Christ, more familiarly
- Word before or after Alexander
- Alexander who wrote "The Dunciad"
- Leader in white
- Innocent, perhaps
- Person whose Twitter handle is @Pontifex
- User of the Twitter handle @Pontifex
- One of seven in 14th-century Avignon
- One whose job prospects go up in smoke?
- Peter or Paul, but not Mary
- See captain?
- Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis
- Leader of the world's smallest nation ("An Essay on Man")
- Midnight Mass leader
- Major in mass communication?
- 'The Rape of the Lock' poet
- Rihanna dressed like one at the Catholicism-influenced 2018 Met Gala
- Pius I, e.g.
- With 78-Down, seventh-century pontiff
- Edmond __, on trial in Russia for espionage, has had a series of key defense motions turned down
- Edmond, who was convicted of espionage in Russia
- He denounced Rome's gay pride festival
- HBO's "The Young ___"
- Olivia ___ ("Scandal" role for Kerry Washington)
- The Swiss Guards serve him
- John or Julius
- Big man at the Vatican
- Swiss Guard's charge
- Vatican City inhabitant
- Vatican City resident
- Innocent, but not guilty
- Pius VIII or Urban VIII
- Holy See leader
- Vatican City's eminent tenant
- Saint Peter is considered the first one
- Leader protected by the Swiss Guard
- Religious leader in a puffer jacket, in a viral AI-generated image
- Supreme pontiff
- Alexander the poet
- John Paul
- Vatican dweller
- The Rape of the Lock author
- Calixtus III, for example
- Leader of the masses?
- Benedict XVI, for one
- He sometimes stays at Castel Gandolfo
- Leader chosen by cardinals
- Leader protected by the Swiss Guards
- Speaker overlooking St. Peter's Square
- Speaker from St. Peter's Basilica
- Benedict XVI, until 2013
- Olivia played by Kerry Washington
- Vatican monarch
- Bull releaser
- Encyclical writer
- Urban, for example
- Bull issuer
- An Essay on Criticism author
- Conclave choice
- Bull producer
- St. Peter's Square speaker
- Conclave's choice
- Holy Roman
- John or Paul, for example
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now
- Swiss Guard charge
- A new one is signaled by white smoke
- Urbi et Orbi address deliverer
- Apostolic Palace inhabitant
- Current title of the man born Jorge Mario Bergoglio
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio's title
- Francis, currently