priest

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They include a teenage boy with a piggy bank full of videogame winnings, a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a cash-poor film producer and a mute priest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The parish priest spoke about the importance of creating a society that respects women, saying: "We always have to challenge our culture."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Ordained a priest in 2002, she became the first female Bishop of London in 2018, only four years after the church began allowing women bishops after years of bitter factional wrangling.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In 1857, a French Catholic priest planted the first coffee bush in Vietnam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Dionysus himself was supposed to be present; his priest had the seat of honor.

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