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Recent Examples of parish
And now, as the ailing pontiff receives care at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Catholic Palestinians in Gaza are offering Francis their own prayers, with leaders and members of the Holy Family parish in northern Gaza praying for his recovery.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude's tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, 2024.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Bermuda’s most famous beach sits on the island’s south coast, in the parish of Southampton.
—Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
Turnout for the four constitutional amendments ranged between about 5.5% to 6.2% for the two parishes.
—Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Dec. 2024
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude's tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, 2024.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
Bermuda’s most famous beach sits on the island’s south coast, in the parish of Southampton.
—Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025
Turnout for the four constitutional amendments ranged between about 5.5% to 6.2% for the two parishes.
—Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
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Catholic clerics and laity have faithfully gathered each night in St. Peter’s Square to recite the rosary for the sake of the pope, being led in their prayer by members of the College of Cardinals.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
1 Mar. 2025
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Bishops and laity grapple for control of papal agendas, and all grapple with the watershed reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), known as Vatican II.—
Mary Jo McConahay,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Faith leaders worried congregations wouldn’t return, that the pandemic might spell a precipitous drop in an American religious life that was already becoming more secular.—
Jacob Turcotte,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
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Most American Jewish congregations say a prayer for the State of Israel every Shabbat.—
Yonat Shimron,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Backyard flocks have also been killed after avian-flu exposure; the one person in the United States who has died from bird flu was exposed to it by both wild birds and a backyard flock.—
Tove Danovich,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Pope Francis addressed his flock via an audio recording Thursday for the first time since he was admitted last month to the hospital.—
Anne Thompson,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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But the Russian revolution threw the Russian Orthodox denomination into chaos as American churches fought for control amid shifting alliances, eventually splitting from the mother church.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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The couple quickly went public, begging for information or for whomever might have taken her to leave her at a hospital, church, a fire station.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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