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a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
searched for a priest who could perform an exorcism
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Recent Examples of priests
By now Francis' annual Christmas address to the priests, bishops and cardinals who work in the Vatican Curia has become a lesson in humility — and humiliation — as Francis offers a public dressing down of some of the sins in the workplace at the headquarters of the Catholic Church.
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CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
And Russian attacks on Ukrainian places of worship and priests continue through the holiest days on the Christian calendar, according to the World Council of Churches.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
But over the summer of 2022, churches in the city started being shut down and priests detained.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Ukrainian intelligence services have opened criminal proceedings against dozens of priests accused of spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
After threatening them with lengthy prison sentences, torture and even death, Russian and Russian-installed authorities have forced numerous other priests, pastors and imams into exile.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Just last week, a gang leader ordered the slaughter of more than 200 people in one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighborhoods in an attack that targeted voodoo priests.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
They were usually told that priests amounted to direct representatives of God, with their words serving as law to parishioners.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
One is listed as a brother, the others as priests.
—Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
And Russian attacks on Ukrainian places of worship and priests continue through the holiest days on the Christian calendar, according to the World Council of Churches.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
But over the summer of 2022, churches in the city started being shut down and priests detained.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Ukrainian intelligence services have opened criminal proceedings against dozens of priests accused of spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
After threatening them with lengthy prison sentences, torture and even death, Russian and Russian-installed authorities have forced numerous other priests, pastors and imams into exile.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Just last week, a gang leader ordered the slaughter of more than 200 people in one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighborhoods in an attack that targeted voodoo priests.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
They were usually told that priests amounted to direct representatives of God, with their words serving as law to parishioners.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
One is listed as a brother, the others as priests.
—Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Priests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/priests. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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