priests

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On the first, priests tie a sacred thread around the necks of the transgender devotees, symbolising their marriage to the Hindu warrior god Aravan.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

He can be seen chatting with priests at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

A survey last year by The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America found “a clear generational shift away from liberal self-identification” among younger priests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

ICE officers did not allow Dowling and the priests who arrived with him to approach the building.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

But there were the butcher priests, too, performing divination of animal entrails, and the Doomsayers on their stilts, crying End Times from behind their skeleton masks.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor