New Beijing bishop chosen
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Catholic clergy in China have named a new bishop for Beijing, reports said Wednesday &#151; the first appointment since Pope Benedict XVI sent a letter to Chinese Catholics urging them to unite under his authority.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday named  Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop with a spotless record, as archbishop  of Warsaw to replace a prelate who resigned in disgrace after  admitting he spied for the communist police.
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Pope Benedict XVI felt "great sorrow" that China had ordained another bishop without papal approval, the Vatican said Saturday.
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A member of China's state-run Catholic Church welcomes the Pope's message but Beijing is less positive.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, facing the  financial aftermath of a pervasive child sex abuse scandal, on  Monday elected a president whose diocese plans to seek  bankruptcy protection from dozens of alleged victims.
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WASHINGTON, DC, NOV. 15, 2004 .- The nation&#39;s Catholic bishops elected Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane to a three-year term as president of the US episcopal conference.
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The Free Presbyterian Church is to elect a successor to Ian Paisley, its moderator for almost 57 years.
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The Vatican chose a new bishop on Monday  to take over an Austrian diocese from Kurt Krenn, who resigned  after a child pornography scandal rocked the Roman Catholic  Church in the Alpine state, Austrian TV reported.
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Pope Benedict XVI pressed China on Saturday to respect religious freedom and the Vatican&#39;s right to appoint its own bishops, dismissing Beijing&#39;s nominees as &quot;illegitimate.&quot;
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The pope accepted the resignation of Cardinal William Keeler as archbishop of Baltimore on Thursday and named Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, who leads the U.S. military archdiocese, as his successor.
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China's official Catholic church has installed a new Vatican-approved bishop, the third in a month, state media and a Rome-based religious news agency reported on Saturday.
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Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., who will seek bankruptcy protection Nov. 29 for his diocese from millions of dollars in clergy sex abuse claims, was elected yesterday to be the next president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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US Roman Catholic bishops are meeting to elect their new president, who they hope will restore the church's reputation after a string of child abuse scandals.
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China's state-controlled Catholic church has quietly nominated a new bishop for Beijing and the priest chosen said the government would decide whether to seek approval from Rome as Pope Benedict demanded.
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US Roman Catholic bishops elect a new president, whose diocese is mired in child abuse claims.
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China's state-run Catholic Church ordained another bishop without Vatican approval, religious officials said, in a move seen as further damaging relations between the Holy See and Beijing.
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BEIJING, Sept. 8 -- China has appointed an outspoken career diplomat with extensive knowledge of the United States as its new ambassador to North Korea, the official New China News Agency said.