... Central was picked up by Pewsitter with its suggestion that several Irish bishops could be ousted by the Vatican. I presume that any resignations offered ... quantity of shuttled abusers and its timeliness? Or would one bishops’ one tragic error lead ... groups. It will be interesting to see if what sort of assignments await bishops who were low on the careerism ladder. We’ve seen cardinals ...

... help to heal some of the divisions that may exist." "The bishops have a responsibility to govern the church, but to do that in collaboration with others. So, the more we can create a sense ... list that reads like a Who's Who of the Religious Right. That Rigali and Wuerl and several other bishops would lend their names to a document that could be seen as taking a partisan position will ...

... general meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, just as we did last year. (If you’ve opened this page mid-session, ... Related to the meeting, we’ve just posted our story on the bishops’ commemoration of the assassination 20 years ... Connell gets a standing ovation as he says good-bye and thanks the bishops for the privilege of serving them as president of “your university ...

... funding of abortion. Once that provision was eliminated, the Catholic Bishops embraced the bill. On Saturday, after Catholic lobbyists ... Bart Stupak, a Catholic Democrat, passed. Hence, the Bishops are now officially in favor of a bureaucratic plan that could spell ... members and run by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. But their role in passing Pelosicare is not the only evidence of such a turn ...

... ELCA website: CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Nine synod bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) ... Egypt, in a telephone interview. Johnson will lead the bishops on their visit. The itinerary will be as balanced as possible, acknowledging that the ELCA ... complexities on the ground," Johnson said of his hopes for the bishops' visit. "This is another opportunity for the ELCA ...

... basic human rights of millions of women in this country? Has anyone noticed that the Bishops are not exactly down with women's rights? Does anyone remember that this same group supported denying ... to the woman, her partner, her doctor and, if she has one, her own faith. I want to know...why are the Bishops running the country? And have you had enough of Democrats that you elect selling you ...

... was a vast improvement to the existing healthcare bill, which it assuredly was, but the bishops should be concerned with right and wrong, not political compromises between the right and the left. As ... endorsed through ignorance rather than political expediency. To think otherwise is just too horrifying. I can't think that the bishops would've endorsed a law to support taxpayer funding of ...

... if you’re gay, or if you want to get divorced. It’s always, somehow, you who is being selfish.” Bishops on Steroids To many observers, the church’s strong-arming of both ... added to the health-care bill. “And the thing with the bishops is, if they can get their way, no nuance or doubt enters their minds about whether getting their way is the right thing to do.” ...

... advanced dementia when the patient is unable to feed themselves. This substitutes the wishes of the bishops for the stated wishes of families and the patients themselves, said Coombs Lee. Even if ... year. The Catholic Hospital Association disagrees. Their statement responding to the Bishops’ Ethical and Religious Directive says that: However, the Directive explains that this obligation ...

... celebration: the next general election," write the Bishops, reiterating what was said last September in their message: "For a democratic ... "All this we must do this in the spirit of the Permanent Mission," the Bishops say. The message has been published at a sensitive time in Bolivian ... Cardinal Terrazas's reelection as president of the Bishops' Conference (see Fides 24/11 ...

... that the rest of the confirmation process "will have very important implications. The bishops of the communion have collectively acknowledged that a period of gracious restraint in respect of ... ..." He added: "I would remind the Episcopal Church and the House of Bishops they need to be conscientious about respecting the canons of the church and the baptismal covenant to respect the ...

... about the need for Catholic colleges, publications and other organizations to more closely align themselves with the bishops’ leadership. He said that Catholic groups that do not do so are “sectarian, less than fully Catholic,” and talked about the bishops strengthening their relationship with Catholic universities and media. NCR reports that George did ...

... feeding of incapacitated people. While they may debate how best to make those points, they are points the bishops agree on. What divides them is a new translation of the Mass that has been in the works for years. ... , if the conference has passed the texts, to be considerate of amendments that the bishops want. That strategy of collaboration has a much better chance of working." But Bishop ...

... . But, over in Mexico, where they belong, until they are willing to come to the United States the proper way. The Bishops should be getting on Mexico's case and strongly urging them to take ... for everybody to BREAK THE LAW and just come sneaking across the border into America as they please. I tell you what Bishops. Here's a challenge, because I am utterly fed up with you arrogant son of a ...

... sexual guidance from a Catholic bishop who, presumably, had never “flown.” I also think Catholic bishops should have no moral authority when it comes to matters involving sex. The Catholic faithful may ... have no right to impose their sectarian beliefs on the rest of us. Catholic bishops have injected themselves into Congressional deliberations over health-care reform for one primary ...