priest
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It is the manutergium, the cloth the new priest uses to wipe the sacred chrism oil from his now-anointed hands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Among the most influential voices leading the intellectual pushback to Project Spire now is Lord Nigel Biggar, an ordained Church of England priest and a former Christian ethics academic at Oxford University.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
The success of “Father Brown” rests in the way Williams plays with the notion of the priest as a quiet, trustworthy confessor.
From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026
Rossetti isn’t just a priest; he’s also a content creator.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
In 1962, a Haitian Anglican priest named Fritz Lafontant built a primary school for local children.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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