(1) He has chosen to live in a modest Vatican hotel room instead of the grandeur of the apostolic palace; and he has dropped some of the papal pomp, while preaching the Roman Catholic church's need to identify with the world's poor.
(2) The Holy Father has now decided that my resignation will take effect today, 25 February 2013, and that he will appoint an apostolic administrator to govern the archdiocese in my place until my successor as archbishop is appointed.
(3) He was happy to dismiss the declarations of his predecessor, Pope Benedict, regarding gay priests, but an apostolic letter written nearly 20 years ago by John Paul II outlining his personal objections to the ordination of women is held to be a "definitive formulation" that is not open to further discussion.
(4) Seminars on the family apostolate and natural family planning for priests and religious and family counselors are organized yearly and the Happy Family Movement has prepared books, films, slides, and pamphlets for the general public.
(5) Their friendship was cemented after the pope's election when Francis decided not to occupy the lavish papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, but to remain at the guest house, run by Ricca, in which he stayed during the election.
(6) The present investigation is based on data from parish records of the Armenian Apostolic churches in Lebanon.
(7) Several areas were found to have much lower rates, and this was linked to areas with high membership in the Apostolic Church, a group that forbids medical treatment.
(8) The Levada report follows an "apostolic visitation" to US orders to check on nuns' "quality of life".
(9) His decision to abjure the splendour of the apostolic palace in favour of the modest Casa Santa Marta guesthouse has offered proof of his personal commitment to a humbler church, while his tender embracing of Vinicio Riva, a man terribly disfigured by tumours , underlined his hands-on pastoral approach.
(10) "I don't think an apostolic visitation will achieve much.
(11) Francis didn’t watch the film but exchanged a few words with Jolie afterward when she was brought up to the Apostolic Palace – along with two of her children, a brother and a cast member.
(12) News of the apostolic visitation came via the papal nuncio, Antonio Mennini, in a meeting with one of the complainants, a former priest known as "Lenny" who accused the cardinal of making sexual advances to him when he was a seminarian.
(13) Divorce is rare,” according to a website on the Apostolic Christian religion, which Davis follows.
(14) In 2003, after being awarded the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem: Knight Commander with star, and serving as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, he was promoted by John Paul II, becoming only the third resident Scottish cardinal since the Reformation.
(15) In return, Pope Francis , 77, gave Tsipras a copy of his apostolic exhortation, the Joy of the Gospel, outlining what some have described as his radical views on the church's role in the modern world.
(16) Senior figures in Rome say the apostolic visitation is a way of dealing not just with the cardinal but with the more general accusations of moral malaise sweeping the church in Scotland.
(17) Tendi said a rally with members of an apostolic sect "astounded" him the most.
(18) These levels varied considerably and were lowest in areas with significant numbers of Apostolics, a group who often reject immunization on religious grounds.
(19) I intend to continue to serve the people of Rowan County, but I cannot violate my conscience.” Davis has said that recognizing such marriages is against her Apostolic Christian faith and decided to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay and straight couples in an effort to avoid the June supreme court ruling that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide.
(20) Low vaccination rates were linked to Apostolic Church membership.
Episcopate
Definition:
(n.) A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.
(n.) The collective body of bishops.
(n.) The time of a bishop's rule.
(v. i.) To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Police investigators are seen outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Rev Clementa Pinckney speaks at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in 2012.
(3) After repeated exeresis, the planimetric quantification of the wounds, by episcopic projection, shows that the healing process involves an immediate phase of dilatation followed by another of contraction.
(4) Scottish churches are pushing forward on gay rights, with the Church of Scotland to decide on Saturday whether to allow its ministers to be in same-sex marriages and the Scottish Episcopal Church likely to take a significant step next month towards permitting gay weddings in its churches.
(5) Using NEP-expressing MDCK cells and episcopic fluorescence microscopy, a specific labeling was obtained with 100 nM FTI which was completely displaced by 10 microM HACBOGly, a specific and potent inhibitor of NEP.
(6) This presentation outlines the recommended rehabilitation procedure used for such patients referred to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
(7) The fact is that the vast majority of our petitioning parishes are in the Cleveland archdeaconry and so the see of Whitby is the obvious choice for such episcopal provision where the diocesan bishop is an outspoken advocate of women's ministry."
(8) The Episcopal Conference says that Beatriz is being used by pro-choice campaigners to weaken the country's prohibition.
(9) A Police Scotland spokesman said last week : “We can confirm we are investigating reports of offensive comments made towards St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow and inquiries are ongoing.
(10) The Church of England would do well to learn from this debate and process, and reflect on how it is possible to move forward – together – in a way that makes room for the views of all.” A C of E spokesperson said: “The Church of England is currently engaged in a series of shared conversations on human sexuality … It would not be appropriate to comment further at this stage.” Friday’s vote was carried overwhelmingly in all three houses of the Scottish Episcopal church.
(11) ‘I’m not so much with her as I am against the fascist Donald Trump’ Chris, 50, New York, voting for Hillary Clinton My name is Christopher; I am a gay African American illustrator and comic book artist living in New York City with my husband who is an Episcopal seminarian.
(12) Nevertheless, the Anglican summit restated its traditional stance and imposed sanctions on the liberal US Episcopal church for allowing same-sex marriage.
(13) I was pleasantly surprised by Governor Hutchinson’s statement yesterday,” said Brooks Cato, a priest at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock.
(14) Six-year-old Benjamin Wheeler, whose parents worshipped at Trinity Episcopal, was among the dead.
(15) Kaoma is an Anglican priest from Zambia now living and working in the US with the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts due to threats against his life.
(16) Last year, Anglicans in North America broke away from the US Episcopal Church and asked for the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams , to recognise the new entity.
(17) In an internal memo the secretary general of the synod, William Fittall, urged the church to pursue an "urgent and radical" new strategy in order to see women in the episcopate by 2015.
(18) Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1941, a state where he has spent a lot of time lately – both to see his elderly mother, and to visit Charleston after nine black people were slaughtered at Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal church .
(19) Members of Gafcon, a group of conservative Anglicans deeply opposed to same-sex marriage and gay rights, have been agitating for sanctions to be imposed on the US Episcopal church for 12 years, since the consecration of a gay priest, Gene Robinson, as bishop of New Hampshire.
(20) The Episcopal church has also come under pressure to withdraw its fossil fuel holdings.