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[preest] / prist /


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“If inflation has been stopped and poverty has been reduced, it’s not noticeable here in any way, quite the opposite,” said the priest, known as Father Toto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

The federal agents departed the hospital shortly after a priest appeared at the scene of the protest, video shows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Founded in 1936, the place is named after Saint Jose Benito Cottolengo, an Italian priest who in 1928 opened a home for the sick and the marginalized in Turin.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

He has been the priest here for almost half a century - and is known locally as the Cowboy Priest.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Like Farmer, the priest believed in liberation theology as a “powerful rebuke to the hiding of poverty,” and he worked diligently to bring public awareness to the plight of rural Haitians.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Reflecting on "my recent hospitalization," he urged bishops and priests to keep "persevering in the midst of suffering."

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Unfortunately, I have always struggled with disappointing authority figures: professors, bosses, priests, parents — and, apparently, severe-bunned bakers.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Under this traditional model, kings, priests, and other powerful leaders gained control of wealth and resources, causing the divide between rich and poor to expand.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

We learned about the annual return of swallows, admired blooming roses and citrus trees and absorbed a simple story: Spanish conquistadors and Catholic priests tamed a wild land, and we should follow their example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

The priests of the chapel of the Palazzo Vecchio never get their painting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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