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Back in the 1980s, Nicanor Palacios was an altar boy with Leo during his early priesthood in nearby Piura, and traveled the area with him for services.—
Caitlin Stephen Hu,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025 -
Robert Prevost’s path toward priesthood began at an early age.—
Eric Bradner,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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Myanmar’s young government, led by the party of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has been beset in recent months by protests, violence at sacred sites, and confrontations between the state’s monastic council (the official body that regulates the Buddhist monkhood) and Buddhist nationalist groups.—
Susan Hayward,
Foreign Affairs,
29 July 2016
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Female protest leaders have highlighted the fact that Thailand’s most powerful institutions—the military, the monarchy, and the monkhood—are dominated by men and have little or no place for women.—
Tamara Loos,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Dec. 2020
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Vatican observers have long speculated that Francis saw Prevost as a potential successor, especially given his rapid rise and central role in shaping the modern episcopate.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Amicable relations had long existed between the Catholic Church in Rome and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but the Roman episcopate embraced Mussolini’s regime and its aggressive foreign policy in the mid-1930s.—
Ian Campbell,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Feb. 2022
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This sits between Class III (least serious) and Class I (most serious) in the FDA's risk hierarchy.—
Matt Cannon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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But, on balance, making the semi-finals backed the club hierarchy’s insistence for Alonso to be in place as coach for the tournament.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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“Clerkship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clerkship. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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