Sentence examples for church guidelines from inspiring English sources

Chamberlain said he adhered to church guidelines, under which gay clergy must be celibate and are not permitted to marry.

Other callers asked questions about church guidelines and the counseling service without giving additional information about themselves.

But the efforts have grown more focused as auditors hired by the bishop's conference are due to report in January on compliance with new church guidelines.

The church also points out that in 1975, "No state or church guidelines for responding to allegations of child abuse existed in Ireland".

A spokeswoman for the archdiocese, Mary Ross Agosta, said on Tuesday that church leaders had promptly removed the priest and followed church guidelines for dealing with the accusations.

But the Rev. Marcelo Gidi, a canon law expert, said that according to the Chilean church guidelines, a simple report of alleged abuses should have been enough.

In doing so, he said, he was adhering to a church guideline that holds that lengthy eulogies filled with personal anecdotes can detract from the proper religious and spiritual focus of a funeral Mass.

He has called for a review of church investment guidelines, after which the £75,000 will doubtless be withdrawn.

The Church's guidelines already ban investment in areas such as high-interest lending, gambling, alcohol and pornography.

"If I've done everything I possibly can within the church's guidelines and I don't conceive, that's God's will for me".

There is no governing body for the church to issue guidelines or dictate membership.