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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The archdiocese has said the publicity would include posting links about the deadline on parish and Catholic school websites and in prominent locations in their buildings, putting notices in church bulletins, and having priests speak about the deadline during Mass at least twice.
—Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, of Detroit, the controversial Catholic priest, was a study in contrasts.
—Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2024
The church is most at risk, but a recent visit inside showed no evidence that the priests had planned for the worst.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
The approach requires no priest, no holy sacrament, no one to intercede with God on the person’s behalf.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
In Elizabethan England, some Catholics, many of whom were priests, were put to death as their religion was seen as treasonous to the monarchy, which presided over the protestant Church of England.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
The top of his Instagram search bar featured André Ventura, the charismatic former soccer commentator who once trained as a priest before founding Chega in 2019.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Forty-six years earlier, this was where a priest first suggested that Anne Marie join Opus Dei.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Priest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/priest. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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nounOld English prēost "priest," derived from Latin presbyter "priest, elder," from Greek presbyteros, comparative form of presbys "old man, elder"
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