priests
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Moretta is 10 years past the customary retirement age for Catholic priests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
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
The Vatican declared a formal schism with the Society of St. Pius X, excommunicating its bishops and priests for consecrating four bishops without papal consent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Poppy had done his homework on the wall outside the door when he was a boy and once saw two priests have a fistfight, rolling in the dust.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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