A Pakistani
bishop says the church is «totally with the families of our Muslim brothers and sisters,» after the Taliban attacked a school in his province killing more than 120 people.
The Church of England's first female diocesan
bishop says the Church has «a long way to go» in tackling... More
Not exact matches
Quebec NDP MP Romeo Saganash
said he wanted to throw up after listening to two Catholic
bishops at their news conference on the Hill on April 18 when they
said the Catholic
Church, as a...
One of the
Church of England's most senior
bishops has
said religion can be «really dangerous and lethal».
Elizabeth Chyrum, Director of Human Rights Concern - Eritrea (HRC - E)
said: «It is an insult that the legitimate patriarch of the Orthodox
Church is confined to the servants» quarters in the same compound where two junior
bishops live in a villa.
«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.
So if Ryan claims to be speaking in the name of his
Church and the
Bishops continue to have sharp and specific disagreements with much of what Ryan is
saying, aren't the
Bishops morally and theologically obligated to shoot Ryan down again?
But, to be specific about your question, only a
bishop of the
Church can excommunicate her, or
say that she is not a Catholic.
The Anglican
bishop of Taiwan has
said the
Church will do its best to help the victims of an earthquake... More
He has
said that the
bishops of the
Church should smell like their congregation.
I'll
say, and the Synod of the
Church of England just admitted women
bishops, the Jews and Muslims in Palestine are at each other's throats again, and a new dinosaur with 4 wings was just dug up in China (no doubt planted by Satan).
«Most of the baptized have an image of the
church that, on the one hand, is family friendly in its attitude, whilst at the same time considering her sexual morality to be unrealistic,» the German
bishops said, according to National Catholic Reporter.
Sorta like when Atheist
say Christians hate Gays while ignoring the Gay
Bishops, pastors and Gay friendly
churches.
Nothing is
said of the
bishop or the
church in Augustine's writings.
In a statement on March 14, 2012, entitled «United for Religious Freedom,» the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops said that the mandate requires individual Catholics, and Catholic institutions, to «act against
Church teachings.»
If complying with the mandate means violating
Church teaching, as the
bishops seem to
say, then non-compliance must begin at the very start.
This rules out the prayers of the
churches of Christendom who have prayed in behalf of their particular nation during wartime, such as when German Catholic
bishops issued a pastoral letter in September 1939 at the outbreak of WWII that
said: «In this decisive hour we admonish our Catholic soldiers to do their duty in obedience to the Fuehrer (Hitler) and to be ready to sacrifice their whole individuality.
During the 2004 presidential campaign, Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, was denied communion over his support for abortion rights, which some
bishops said was in direct violation of the
church's teachings.
Ignoring the warnings of American
bishops that American teenagers would not likely be very interested in listening to what the
Church had to
say, John Paul called down an outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the 800,000 youth who gathered with him in theMile High City, taking as his theme the words of Our Lord in John 10:10, «I came that they might have life.»
The Latin tradition claimed with increasing emphasis, not to
say stridency, that, presiding over the pastoral and prophetic ministry of the
Church's
bishops, is an «office of Peter» which is vested for all time in the
bishops of Rome.
Following the review's publication,
Bishop Peter Hancock, the
Church of England's lead safeguarding
bishop,
said: «At the heart of this case was a judgment, on the balance of probabilities, as to whether, in the event that her claim for compensation reached trial, a court would have concluded that Carol was abused by
Bishop Bell.
The adjustment didn't mollify Catholics or the Catholic
Church one bit, and the US Catholic
Bishops even responded
saying as such!
«The blame can not be laid at the door of those who are seeking to be faithful, who are
saying «look we want to be an Episcopal
Church, we believe in
bishops, but we believe in biblical
bishops who hold to sound doctrine and publically refute false doctrine and false behaviour.»
It may be that the relation of congregation to a theological school is like the relation some Anglicans
say obtains between the
churches and a bishop: Churches do not need a bishop for their being (esse) but they do need a bishop for their well - being (ben
churches and a
bishop:
Churches do not need a bishop for their being (esse) but they do need a bishop for their well - being (ben
Churches do not need a
bishop for their being (esse) but they do need a
bishop for their well - being (bene esse).
The Roman Catholic
Church said Beijing forced
bishops to participate in the ordination of Joseph Guo Jincai, while China charged the Vatican with interfering with religious liberty in China.
Francis
said the Catholic
Church knew well the «grave error» of trying to conceal the problem of sexual abuse, a reference to the church's long history of having priests who rape and molest children and bishops who cover up for
Church knew well the «grave error» of trying to conceal the problem of sexual abuse, a reference to the
church's long history of having priests who rape and molest children and bishops who cover up for
church's long history of having priests who rape and molest children and
bishops who cover up for them.
«The work of a
bishop in our
church is to lift up the
church's message of grace and peace in the wider society, to administer the
church's work in our area, and to teach and preach,» Erwin
said in an e-mail to CNN.
Reuters:
Church of England vote on women
bishops could be derailed A vote to allow women
bishops in the
Church of England looks set to be derailed by its own supporters, who
say a last - minute concession to conservative opponents is a step too far.
He denied that the vote was about whether or not to ordain women
bishops,
saying the
Church of England had already decided to go ahead with that.
Mr Hilton
said he could not fathom the concern he detected among
Church of England leaders, adding that all but one of the
bishops he had spoken to have expressed fears about Brexit.
The fear of litigation (the
Church has to date put out close to seven hundred million dollars in settlements) and of public scandal led some
bishops to minimize the fact that what some priests were doing was, as the NRB
says, «simply immoral.»
The first
Church of England vicar to enter into a same - sex marriage has
said bishops are afraid to be... More
Of course, that may be just fine with some
bishops who still believe that the
Church is a clerical corporation and the role of the laity is, as the old
saying has it, to pray, pay, and obey.
Edward L. Cleary, a Catholic priest,
says that «for every Catholic actively practicing his or her religion, in many countries an equal or larger number of Latin Americans participate in some other form of religion, «5 and Brazilian archbishop Lucas Moreira Neves, Secretary of the National Conference of Brazilian
Bishops in 1985, taking into account all these events, has roundly affirmed that «The springtime of the sects could also be the winter of the Catholic
Church.
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon
said this month that
bishops support immigrants out of «economic interest» and
said «they need illegal aliens to fill the
churches», remarks rebuked by Cardinal DiNardo.
Edward Daly, the retired
bishop of Derry,
said allowing clergymen to marry would ease many of the
church's problems.
He infuriated many by welcoming back into the
church a rebel
bishop who is on record as
saying that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler did not have a systematic plan to murder Europe's Jews.
The move comes just days after the
Church of England voted to allow women
bishops in a move Archbishop Justin
said he was «delighted» about.
A
Church of England
bishop has
said that at least one in 10 of his colleagues could be secretly gay but too scared to come out because of the reaction it would cause within the
Church.
For a
bishop of the
church to
say that Jesus didn't bodily rise from the dead and that the atonement is child abuse...» For her the lack of theological oversight was obvious.
Elizabeth Sausele, who was an associate pastor at All Souls,
said that what prompted her to leave the Episcopal
Church was that she didn't believe that «the faith once delivered to the apostles was being guarded by the House of
Bishops.
The Anglican
bishop responsible for prisons
says the
Church of England must put more pressure on the government to tackle problems in jails.
CT's past coverage of Germany includes interviews with a cabinet member in chancellor Angela Merkel's government about evangelical political engagement, a German
church planter who studied under Tim Keller, and a Berlin - based journalist who
says that Martin Luther would have driven most of Germany's
bishops from their pulpits.
Earlier, in a stern speech delivered to Brazilian
bishops on Saturday, Pope Francis chastised the
church for losing many of the faithful to other denominations,
saying they must work harder to be close to the flock and employ a «grammar of simplicity.»
A
Church of England bishop has said it's a «travesty» that church positions in the south - east have seven..
Church of England
bishop has
said it's a «travesty» that
church positions in the south - east have seven..
church positions in the south - east have seven... More
A
Church of England bishop has said it's a «travesty» that church positions in the south - east have seven times more applicants than roles in the north - east of En
Church of England
bishop has
said it's a «travesty» that
church positions in the south - east have seven times more applicants than roles in the north - east of En
church positions in the south - east have seven times more applicants than roles in the north - east of England.
A council of the
church has traditionally been a conference of
bishops: that is to
say, a meeting of the persons who exercise direct pastoral oversight of the
church's mission.
And the centrists — the Catholics —
said the
bishops could compose a binding creed to decide what the
Church believed was obligatory.
Whatever the Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops,
Bishops say Goes when it comes to
Church Law.
Calling himself a «spiritual mutt,» Charisma editor Grady
said that he now attends Orlando's New Covenant
Church, which broke from the Episcopal
Church to align itself with the Anglican Mission in America and the Anglican
bishop of Rwanda.