Bishops' Conference: A Shift to Teamwork Series: THE PAPAL VISIT Series...

The Washington Post;  September 8, 1987 ;   Marjorie Hyer;   516 words ......national conferences of bishops profoundly changed American Catholicism. The establishment of...Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1965 has transformed...assigned territory. But the bishops' conference has been...traditional Catholicism, the bishops' conference functions...leadership ...

Victims' groups turn up heat on bishops.(News)

The Boston Herald;  June 13, 2002 ;   Convey, Eric;   328 words ...DALLAS -- While bishops try to craft a national policy...visions for the future of American Catholicism. We're looking for a real...Clohassy, said he hopes the bishops will enact real change, but...yesterday for consequences for bishops who fail to drive pedophiles out of parishes. The ...

Better bishops would be blessing

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 26, 2007 ;   Andrew Greeley;   561 words ......denominations are defective when American Catholicism had to pay $2 billion because...important to Catholicism. Many bishops are proud of the link. I often...Catholics do not believe in their bishops or priests. They believe in...more than a decade for the bishops to respond in 2002 with ...

Analysis: Scott Appleby from the University of Notre Dame talks about the...

Morning Edition (NPR);  June 14, 2002 ;   BOB EDWARDS;   779 words ......the agenda facing the bishops at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in Dallas Host: BOB EDWARDS...Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. He spoke to the bishops' conference yesterday...relationship with the bishops, not in governing ...

Gregory scolds bishops, says they are all responsible for sex abuse of...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 13, 2002 ;   Scheinin, Richard Bailey, Brandon;   787 words ......some long-standing observers of the nation's bishops were impressed by what they witnessed Thursday. I've never heard the bishops admit so clearly that they have done wrong, said...opening session was a spectacle: row after row of bishops in black clerical suits and Roman collars, all...come to our help. ...

Gregory scolds bishops, says they are all responsible for sex abuse of...

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 13, 2002 ;     787 words ......some long-standing observers of the nation's bishops were impressed by what they witnessed Thursday. I've never heard the bishops admit so clearly that they have done wrong, said...opening session was a spectacle: row after row of bishops in black clerical suits and Roman collars, all...come to our help. ...

Bishops Forced To Weigh Their Own Culpability

The Washington Post;  June 14, 2002 ;   Alan Cooperman;   787 words ...America's Catholic bishops came here to decide how to punish priests...of predatory priests left some of the bishops in tears today, and gave them little...president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and two of the nation's leading Catholic...

Catholics and immigration; 2 new Spanish-speaking bishops reflect culture...

The Washington Times;  February 7, 2002 ;     787 words ......new Spanish-speaking bishops for the Catholic Archdiocese...of Spain and Ireland, Bishops-elect Francisco Gonzales...Six cardinals and 43 bishops will attend the ordination...Catholicism, three of its four bishops, including Cardinal Theodore...skyrocketed, transforming American ...

US BISHOPS OK REVISED POLICY ON SEX ABUSE

The Boston Globe;  November 14, 2002 ;   Michael Paulson, Globe Staff;   787 words ...WASHINGTON - The Catholic bishops of the United States yesterday overwhelmingly...bolstering priests' rights even as the bishops insisted that they remain committed...exploded in Boston in January, the bishops said they hope the combination of their...

Bishops issue guidelines on homosexuality

Anglican Journal;  December 1, 1997 ;   Larmondin, Leanne;   585 words ...Toronto Canada's Anglican bishops have adopted new guidelines concerning...the first time in 18 years that the bishops have revised their views and the first...other hand, the guidelines say the bishops will refuse to "authorize any act that...

Bishops say they are still committed to sexual-abuse study.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 19, 2003 ;   Murphy, Kevin;   787 words ...Byline: Kevin Murphy ST. LOUIS _ Catholic bishops insisted Thursday that they remained committed...sexual abuse by priests, but they defended bishops who did not take part in it. Earlier this...investigate sexual abuse, saying some bishops were trying to conceal past cases. A board...

Is it time for a merger of bishops by CoE and Methodists? AGENDA As the...

The Birmingham Post (England);  December 29, 2007 ;     787 words ...Bishops in popular culture are rarely seen in a good light. From the bumbling Bishop George Postlethwaite in Emmerdale, to the downright criminally corrupt Bishop of Hereford in Robin Hood, bishops are generally bad news. And, contrary to popular opinion, bishops aren't generally queuing up to provide ...

U.S. Catholic bishops on target in call for greater communication with...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 10, 1995 ;   Morphew, Clark;   715 words ...Earlier this summer, 40 Catholic bishops sent a statement to the Vatican that calls for sweeping...communicate well with its national conferences of bishops. Rather than dialogue, the bishops get manifestos; rather than friendly cooperation...

Bishops, pols and voters

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 29, 2004 ;   FRANZEN;   524 words ...Bishops, pols and voters By FRANZEN Saturday, May 29, 2004 A handful of U.S. Catholic bishops have been trying of late to stretch their political muscles...also should remain in their seats during Communion. Most bishops have not joined this trend, and some have flatly opposed...

Catholic Bishops Adopt Guidelines for Prelates and Theologians

The Washington Post;  June 24, 1989 ;   Marjorie Hyer;   568 words ...Roman Catholic theologians and their bishops should have an easier time resolving differences after the adoption by the bishops last week of a set of guidelines on doctrinal responsibility. The bishops, at the spring meeting of the National Conference...