priest

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“Christianity isn’t a pacifist religion,” says the Rev. Gerald Murray, a Catholic priest and commentator on EWTN.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 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

"She was the kind of person who brought a smile to your face as soon as you met her," the local priest said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Every man there understood what that meant; they knew how Apollo’s priest had been treated.

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