Cardinal George Elected VP Of Bishops
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CHICAGO -- The Conference of Catholic Bishops, which aims to bring church leaders together, is once again riddled by deep division.
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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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Cuba's Episcopal Church is to consecrate the first female bishop in the developing world.
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Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput drew only a handful of votes Monday, as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops tapped Bishop William Skylstad, of Spokane, Wash.
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NAIROBI, Aug. 30 -- Two American priests were consecrated Thursday as Anglican bishops in Kenya, the latest in a string of conservative priests who are defecting to African churches in a dispute over gay clergy.
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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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The bishop of Spokane, Wash., was elected president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops yesterday, despite his intent to declare his diocese bankrupt in the next few weeks.
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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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Pope Benedict has given his  backing to Beijing&#39;s new state-approved Catholic bishop, the  official Vatican newspaper L&#39;Osservatore Romano said on Friday,  hours after Li Shan was installed in the Chinese capital.
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Pope Benedict XVI named a new archbishop of Genoa on Tuesday to replace Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a longtime aide who has been appointed the Vatican secretary of state and No. 2 official.
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WARSAW -- Cardinal Jozef Glemp, who headed Poland's powerful Roman Catholic Church through the dark days of martial law and the country's later jump to free-market democracy, stepped down as archbishop of Warsaw yesterday after more than 25 years.
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THE PLIGHT of the US Roman Catholic Church could not have been underscored more heavily this week by the new choice to head the nation&#39;s Catholic bishops.
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An African archbishop who wants to make celibacy optional for priests installed four married men Sunday as Roman Catholic bishops.
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China on Thursday ordained a new bishop in its state-approved Catholic church, a move that could aggravate efforts to improve relations with the Vatican.
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The Episcopal Church is not splintering, despite a decision by several Virginia parishes to leave and join Anglican conservatives, the head of the church said Monday.
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Bishop Wilton Gregory, who has led the American church through the worst scandal in its history, is completing his three-year term.
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Pope Benedict XVI has named Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop in northern Poland, to succeed Cardinal Jozef Glemp as archbishop of Warsaw, the Vatican announced Saturday.