priest
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"No words of compassion can ease this pain of loss, this burden of great suffering, when one must bury young people," the priest told black-clothed mourners, weeping or clutching flowers and holding each other.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
“She’s a bill-payer, but just like a financial adviser has to be priest, rabbi and therapist to their clients, Sharon was that way to us. She did everything,” said Sydney, who lives in New York.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Some newcomers have “never opened a Bible, and know absolutely nothing,” said Rev. Boniface Endorf, a priest at St. Joe’s.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
She was pulled into a scheme involving a man who posed as a priest, another posing as an immigration judge, and another posing as Oscar Carrillo, an attorney licensed in Texas who practices tax law.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
Yes, because that priest had gone to see her.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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