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man of the cloth





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Before he was a man of the cloth, Prevost was a Chicago South Sider.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

Perhaps his role as a man of the cloth in “Conclave” offset that energy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2025

Nora Mathison: Luckily, Sarah had a connection to a man, a man of the cloth.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

Timothy Simons stands out as a rather clueless man of the cloth.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2022

People often compared him with his fellow man of the cloth Archbishop Desmond Tutu, but of course that didn’t mean anything to me.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore