priests

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The lure is strong enough that Pope Leo XIV recently warned Catholic priests against using it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

On the first, priests tie a sacred thread around the necks of the transgender devotees, symbolising their marriage to the Hindu warrior god Aravan.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

A survey last year by The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America found “a clear generational shift away from liberal self-identification” among younger priests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

ICE officers did not allow Dowling and the priests who arrived with him to approach the building.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Poppy had done his homework on the wall outside the door when he was a boy and once saw two priests have a fistfight, rolling in the dust.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye