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Writing in Spanish, Pope Francis responded to five main concerns put forth by several high-ranking churchmen this summer.
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Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 4 Oct. 2023
Those two churchmen guide flocks in geopolitical areas of keen concern to the Vatican.
—Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
The pope announced his picks during his customary weekly appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, saying the ceremony to formally install the churchmen as cardinals will be held on Sept. 30.
—Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
Other churchmen chosen to receive the cardinal red include those from Cape Town, South Africa; Juba, South Sudan, which the pope visited earlier this year on a pilgrimage; Penang, Malaysia; and Lodz, Poland.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
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Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 4 Oct. 2023
Those two churchmen guide flocks in geopolitical areas of keen concern to the Vatican.
—Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
The pope announced his picks during his customary weekly appearance to the public in St. Peter’s Square, saying the ceremony to formally install the churchmen as cardinals will be held on Sept. 30.
—Frances D'emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
Other churchmen chosen to receive the cardinal red include those from Cape Town, South Africa; Juba, South Sudan, which the pope visited earlier this year on a pilgrimage; Penang, Malaysia; and Lodz, Poland.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
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The first hint of photosynthesis came from experiments by English clergyman and scientist Joseph Priestly.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Among the clergymen cited in the lawsuits that were settled Wednesday, Father Michael Baker is one of the priests with the most victims.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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The hot priest advises Eddie to earn forgiveness and stop punishing himself and then suggests that Eddie do something joyful after his penance.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Slate says that, in 1905, an issue of The Cambrian, a magazine for Welsh Americans, featured an anecdote involving a priest who, following a service, pulled a clerk aside to ask whether his sermon had been long enough.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Unwilling to let the hate go unchallenged, May and Saint decided to kiss in front of the hate preachers and have their friend, Alie Strehl (@potatecreates on Instagram), take a photo.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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The phone rings, the subway busker hollers, the preacher sermonizes, the garbage truck backs up, the microwave announces that dinner is hot — and every one of those ordinary acoustic events, boosted by digital technology, clamors for our attention, mostly with little success.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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Feulner came from a devout Roman Catholic family, while Weyrich himself was an ordained deacon of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.Samantha Riedel, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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Earlier in the year LaBeouf was confirmed into the Catholic Church with intentions of becoming a deacon.Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The 71-year-old Shiite cleric helped found Hezbollah in 1982, and has served seven consecutive terms as deputy secretary-general since 1991.Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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The terrorist group announced on Tuesday that Islamic cleric Naim Qassem would take the reins of the organization after serving as its deputy secretary-general for decades.Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Oct. 2024
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In his letter, the reverend encouraged parishioners to participate in services and activities at the Oak Park location of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish.Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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The church’s current reverend, Matthew McHale, was serving at a Unitarian church in San Fernando during the pandemic.Autumn Alvarez, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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The end result was a new brand of ecclesiastics and lay Catholics who felt comfortable detaching themselves from Franco’s regime, or even fighting it head-on in a variety of forums, including student movements, intellectual circles, unions, political parties, and the media.Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Of all the precious goods accumulated by the rulers and ecclesiastics of late medieval Ethiopia, the most charged of all were books.Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books, 24 Sep. 2020
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He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Chicago on Sept. 11, 2020, and ordained two months later.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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To evade Western sanctions, the Chinese Communist Party uses less bloody and more hidden methods of coercion against these bishops than the show trials and physical ...Nina Shea, National Review, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Churchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churchman. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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