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By noon on Friday, more than 150,000 people had filed past Francis’ open coffin placed in front of the basilica’s main altar to pay their respects — at times praying, at times holding smartphones aloft — despite instructions not to.
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Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Suddenly Susan aired for four seasons from 1996 to 2000 and featured Shields as a working woman adjusting to single life after leaving her vain, wealthy fiancé at the altar.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
So the grave distribution showed us also where the altar area, the formal area, began.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
According to the Associated Press, the pope began the outing by being pushed in a wheelchair while wearing nasal tubes, before he was brought to the front of the altar in the square.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Suddenly Susan aired for four seasons from 1996 to 2000 and featured Shields as a working woman adjusting to single life after leaving her vain, wealthy fiancé at the altar.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
So the grave distribution showed us also where the altar area, the formal area, began.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
According to the Associated Press, the pope began the outing by being pushed in a wheelchair while wearing nasal tubes, before he was brought to the front of the altar in the square.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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He has been suspended from his post more than once for such actions as adopting children and inveighing against Hillary Clinton from his pulpit during the 2008 election.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Altar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altar. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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