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The investigation involves local police, priests, and a house of God.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025 -
The most high profile of which is The Haunting of Hill House, but Midnight Mass, the story of a priest who arrives at a small island community performing miracles, is easily one of his best.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The three killers might have gotten away with their crime if not for Casey, who eight months after the murder confessed to a clergyman and then led police to Pahler's mummified body.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The clergyman was from the Maryknoll mission, a Roman Catholic order that had long worked with the Japanese American community and was now assisting with their removal from the West Coast.—
Tracy Slater
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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And throughout a 100-minute show, Cain recounted the story of a preacher’s daughter through wailing vocals, haunting drones, and meditative, languorous chants.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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From there, the plot pretzels itself into typical noir convolution, giving us an excuse to meet all sorts of characters, not least a shady local preacher played by Chris Evans, who uses his almost embarrassingly all-American good looks to convey treacle and snake oil.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Etsy witch is the latest iteration of people looking for assistance from the divine in a period of unrest.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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The pomegranate contains all the commandments of God in its seeds; the divine inhabits it.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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Monica Nutti Blind, a deacon in the church who also is a member of the Sami people, said the church's architecture reminds her of the area's seasons.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Aug. 2025
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Thirty-two deacons from around the world were being ordained that day.—
Kristine Tran,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Apr. 2024
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This, of course, is the moment when Lord Lovat appears at the birthing chamber with a local reverend.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Another pending lawsuit was filed in June in the Northern District of Texas by a group of reverends who are also challenging the law.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Aug. 2025
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