altar boy
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A former altar boy, he grew up as one of seven children in Nairobi informal settlements, and his parents scraped together enough to send him to school and university, where he studied criminology.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
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 ● Nov. 28, 2025
The church where Pope Leo XIV attended mass as a child and served as an altar boy is now an empty shell.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
He was also an altar boy for seven years, although that was a lot more stressful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
They wouldn’t let me be an altar boy, a secondary school pupil, a missionary with the White Fathers.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
