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Tens of thousands of Catholics flocked to a small parish in the Mekong Delta on Thursday for the first beatification ceremony held on Vietnamese soil.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

"In this parish, 31% of children are living in poverty. There is intergenerational poverty from families like mine who haven't had loads of money passed down," he says.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

But as I talked to mourners at Sayre’s funeral at his home parish of St. Cecilia Church in Tustin, Calif., on Monday, I realized that his fight for justice manifested in many other ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

The other is its parish, the spiritual center of this Cambridgeshire hamlet and a place where community members weave themselves in each other’s lives while supporting its rectors.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

“I leave it to Pater Leoden to distribute the remainder of my worldly goods among the parish, as, being an immoral soul, I will have no further need of them.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

Gross and De Petro say churches across the country have reached out about speaking to their parishes to inspire more young people to attend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

The Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, two Catholic parishes in Colorado and two parents, Dan and Lisa Sheley, filed suit, but lost in lower courts, prompting the appeal to the Supreme Court.

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

Ebel and Diestel were provincial clergymen, scarcely known outside their parishes until, as Mr. Clark says, scandal tightened around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

By June he would be ready to accept a call to one of the small parishes springing up to the south and west of Wethersfield.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare