Sentences with phrase «as the bishop of»

Women will be able to be consecrated as bishops of the Anglican Church in Wales by September 2014, a...

Says the bishop, «As bishop of this diocese, I have, as the successor of the apostles in union with the Holy Father, the absolute duty to protect [the Mass] from innovation or sacrilege.»

In the United States, health care providers and others involved in the health care system (including employers and insurers) are threatened by the dictatorship of relativism in the guise of the Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services, as the bishops of the United States have warned.

Moreover, as bishop of Krakow, he was himself present at the Council and must have heard with his own ears John XXIII propounding his conundrum.

As bishop of Mopsuestia, Theodore's influence extended far beyond his bishopric.

As bishop of Hippo Regius Augustine was such a pastoral director.

Although we are formally speaking of Benedict's initiatives as pope, it is probably best to discuss the theological body of work he produced from 1981 to 2013, rather than simply his last eight years as bishop of Rome....

Under the headline «The new bishop is in for a treat», he reported that there was «excitement in traditional Catholic circles at the appointment of Mgr Philip Egan as bishop of the hippy - dippy diocese of Portsmouth.

[52] He also wrote as bishop of Lyons, where in 177, a violent uprising had taken place against the Christians, resulted in the martyrdom of almost fifty Christian men and women.

Athanasius served as the bishop of Alexandria in Egypt.

Before being elected presiding Bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod from 1995 to 2001 and before that as pastor of three Minnesota congregations: Prince of Glory Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Edina Community Lutheran Church, and University Lutheran Church of Hope in Minneapolis.

when in AD 1328, Pope John XXII consecrated him as bishop of Quilon (Kerala, India) with a double mission.

Mullally has a background in nursing, and is currently serving as bishop of Crediton.

Now they have a star witness for their case — Robert Grosseteste, a 13th - century English churchman and scholar who ended up as bishop of Lincoln.

Not exact matches

The crackdown comes as Beijing and the Vatican are negotiating a deal on the appointment of bishops in China, which could see both parties restore ties severed in 1951.

With this as their point of departure, the bishops further suggest a process of negotiations to achieve three objectives: «First, it should formalize Israel's existence as a sovereign state in the eyes of the Arab states and the Palestinians; second, it should establish an independent Palestinian homeland with its sovereign status recognized by Israel; third, there must he negotiated limits to the exercise of Palestinian sovereignty so that it is clear that Israel's security is protected» (my emphasis).

This being said, when gay and lesbians want to promote their views as normal or that would be permissible for a priest or bishop to be a practising homosexual, I disagree based on the clear statements of Scripture.

«Through the ordained ministry, especially that of bishops and priests, the presence of Christ as head of the Church is made visible in the midst of the community of believers.

«As he is now appointed to be the next Bishop of Leeds, I express my warmest thanks to Mgr Stock for the great work he has done here in London on behalf of us bishops and the Church.

However deeply the local bishop is integrated into the power structures of his country and culture, as a member of the priestly caste he's seen as, and sees himself as, a special case.

Of course, for the sake of usefulness a congregation can elect a pastor or bishop, maybe for temporary charge who leads the affairs of the congregation as a wholOf course, for the sake of usefulness a congregation can elect a pastor or bishop, maybe for temporary charge who leads the affairs of the congregation as a wholof usefulness a congregation can elect a pastor or bishop, maybe for temporary charge who leads the affairs of the congregation as a wholof the congregation as a whole.

The bishops of the United States created Catholic Relief Services (CRS) as an agency for the charitable activities of the US Catholic Church in foreign countries.

They desire not simply a better distribution of income, but, like the Catholic Bishops, they want as well an increase in participation of everyone in a healthy economy.

As the 1986 Vatican «Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons» stated, the homosexual inclination is «ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil» and is therefore an «objective disorder.»

As of May 9, 2013, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has counted 6,275 clerics «not implausibly» and «credibly» accused in 1950 - 2012 of abusing minors.

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey resigned as honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford after the public inquiry into child sex abuse last year heard he delayed a «proper investigation» into Ball's crimes for two decades by failing to pass information to police.

Up here in Canada, something similar is going on as Lutheran Church — Canada and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops recently began talks).

«Outreach to the Hispanic community is a top priority for the Catholic Church as the huge growth in the Hispanic community offers a challenge to keep up with the pastoral needs,» said Sister Mary Ann Walsh, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

«We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be welcomed and protected,» Dolan, who as the Archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has spoken out strongly against abortion, said at the DNC.

In a snub to the authorities, he said he would immediately quit his duties in the association to focus on his new role as auxiliary bishop of Shanghai, one of the largest dioceses in China.

Groups such as Catholics United and Faith in Public Life got off the ground during and just after the 2004 election when a Catholic Democratic presidential nominee - Sen. John Kerry - was hard - pressed to find Catholic support in the face of condemnations from some Catholic bishops over his support for abortion rights.

The arrangement of allowing a Jerusalem cleric to serve the parish while commemorating the Antiochian bishop worked fine until March 2013, when Jerusalem decided to consecrate its priest in Qatar as the «Archbishop of Qatar.»

As one participant put the matter: «The theologians want the Council more than most of the bishops.»

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said: «The unique meaning of marriage as the union of one man and one woman is inscribed in our bodies as male and female.

Vatican II described the local bishop as a true teacher, governor, and sanctifier in his local Church, and not simply a branch manager of the Catholic Church, Inc..

Specifically, the Commission on Religion and Public Life called for the number of bishops to be cut from 26 to 16, to allow clerics from other major religions in Britain to be represented, as well as other strands of the Church currently which are excluded, such as the Roman Catholic Church and Black - majority churches.

Note also that the bishops «argue» this position, as though it is their rather peculiar opinion and not the magisterial teaching of the Church consistently maintained for two millennia.

Spoken as a true bishop of the Church.

We have no Head besides Christ, whose authority on earth is mediated through each and every Orthodox bishop equally as attested to by the entire Body of the Faithful.

The Episcopal bishop of Washington once pleaded with FDR, as he slipped into his car after a service, to entrust his own corpse to the cathedral.

Early this month, an American theologian resigned under pressure from his post as theological advisor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Msgr. Thomas Herron of Philadelphia is quoted as saying, «No episcopal document can be expected to satisfy those who reject the right of bishops to speak on this issue in the first place.»

Zenit has covered some of Pope Francis» writings and actions as a cardinal: his 2010 letter to catechists, his 2007 celebration of Rosh Hashana, his defense of traditional marriage, and his take on bishops» call to holiness.

He was dubbed by some as the «unbelieving bishop» after doubting that God would have arranged a virgin birth and the resurrection, however Very Rev Michael Sadgrove, the former Dean of Durham says that the name is unfair.

It is a primary duty of bishops, as chief guardians of Catholic truth in their local churches, to call Catholics in a defective state of communion to a fuller communion with the Church.

'' It is surely of salutary significance that newly appointed deans and bishops these days are sent on an induction course — not as you might think, to hone their skills in theology, or liturgy, community outreach, or pastoral care, but to take a mini-MBA.

Elaine Pagels, among others, has argued that the success of the affirmation of a bodily resurrection was due to the way it functioned in the early Church, as it served to legitimate the authority of a narrow circle of bishops.

John Paul II's Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in 1985, and Benedict XVI's insistence on a «hermeneutic of continuity» rather than rupture have both helped to recover a «deeper reception of the Council» as the Synod's final report requested.

But I do not go around calling individuals «immoral» when they do not conform to the tenets of my religion (as the bishops, etc. have done in their outcry against birth control).

As an outsider, I can't help but wonder whether the pope and the USCCB were particularly provoked by Weinandy's suggestion that Jesus had allowed this controversy in order «to manifest just how weak is the faith of many within the Church, even among too many of her bishops.»