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priest

[preest] / prist /


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The federal agents departed the hospital shortly after a priest appeared at the scene of the protest, video shows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Leo heads to Argentina on Sunday, followed by Peru, where the Chicago-born pontiff served as a missionary priest and bishop for two decades and holds citizenship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Rosario Cossio, head of the town's Afro-Peruvian Museum, said that Zana's reputation for being cursed was linked to the murder of a priest during the colonial era.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

He has been the priest here for almost half a century - and is known locally as the Cowboy Priest.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The serious-minded priest, hearing all that talk about giants and enchantments, imagined that this must be the hero of the book the Duke liked to read often.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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

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

The Vatican has declared a formal schism with the Society of St. Pius X, excommunicating its bishops and priests in a sweeping crackdown on a traditionalist group that has vexed the Holy See for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Creüsa, leaving her husband in the town with one of the priests, went on up to the sanctuary by herself.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton


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