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priest

[preest] / prist /


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The private booth was framed in flowers, and rather than a priest listening inside, it was a microphone recording their confessions, to be played at an upcoming art exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Fr Aidan, who was parish priest in Ardoyne at the time, told BBC News NI that "none of us want to see hatred".

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

It needn’t mean studying the writings of the ancient sages or attending a formal service every Sunday with a minister or priest, as more young Americans are doing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Once when young, Sorcinelli met the former Robert Prevost -- the birth name of Pope Leo -- then just an Augustinian priest, but the men have not spoken since, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

“Possibly you’re looking for a Jesuit priest of the same name or a similar name,” he says.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Unfortunately, I have always struggled with disappointing authority figures: professors, bosses, priests, parents — and, apparently, severe-bunned bakers.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Under this traditional model, kings, priests, and other powerful leaders gained control of wealth and resources, causing the divide between rich and poor to expand.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre -- designed to train not only Philippine priests but clergy from across the region -- sits just off a busy thoroughfare in Metro Manila.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Not long after her twenty-first birthday, she started seeing mystics, conjurers, and Voodoo priests, all in an attempt to magnify her vision.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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