parish
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As a missionary, parish priest and later as bishop in northern Peru he ministered to the poor, denounced the excesses of power and lobbied for action on climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Barrett and Justice Sam Alito pressed Colorado’s counsel, Helen Norton, on how often parish preschools refuse to enroll children with same-sex parents.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Given the size and long-term nature of this gift, we want to make sure the funds are managed prudently and in the best interests of the parish and its future parishioners.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The local parish church offered financial support to injured veterans and widows but, for many in the town, the cost of such a practice seemed too high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
I could read and write, but I knew none of the skills needed to survive in the unfamiliar, perhaps hostile lands that lay beyond the fields and folds of our little parish.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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At bottom, Sotomayor explained, the parishes want to “reject a child because their parents are homosexual,” and they want “an official statement by the state” committing to “subsidize” that rejection “with public money.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, other parents were denied state funds because of the marriage and family policies of the Catholic parishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
They commissioned a forensic audit into the origins of a historic financial fund known as the Queen Anne's Bounty, originally set up to support clergy and parishes and the precursor of the modern-day fund.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
A large majority of U.S. counties and parishes have had a flood event in the past 10 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
When I was twelve, and could handle a horse as well as a plumbago pencil, the doctor set me off to neighboring parishes each Sabbath to copy other rectors' sermons.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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