church

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Joan Whyte, who had stopped to watch as a large crowd of mourners followed the coffin from the church, said when she saw the crowd she thought the funeral was of "someone very important".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

I grew up in the South, where not going to church made you strange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

If you believe the official line, Pope Leo XIV is the direct successor to St. Peter, Jesus Christ’s chosen representative of his church on Earth.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, the Catholic church, launching reforms that culminated in Vatican II, officially recognized that political institutions could be independent from church structures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Afterward we waited for Peter at the small side door of the church.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom