altar boy

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Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Brother, we are not clerics of the state,” the pontiff told Kirill, he later recounted to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, adding that “the patriarch cannot transform himself into Putin’s altar boy.”

From Seattle Times

Also Wednesday, Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, telling an Italian newspaper that he had warned Patriarch Kirill earlier this spring not to be “Putin’s altar boy.”

From Washington Post

The spiritual leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics also warned Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill not to be an “altar boy” for Mr. Putin.

From Washington Times

Buck, who was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, also was molested by several priests and a monsignor, according to his lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times