Sentence examples for lay reforms from inspiring English sources

Catholics face a tough battle with bishops who oppose lay reforms.

"The question is to what extent this is a dialogue versus a show of force," said Christian Weisner, a spokesman for the German branch of the lay reform movement We Are Church.

Dorothy Kennedy, president of the Boston chapter of Voice of the Faithful, a lay reform group, said, "It's a step in the right direction". Ms. Kennedy added that the release would probably inspire her to resume donations to the annual appeal.

They are negotiating so-called Stabilization and Association Agreements, which lay out reforms that could put these countries on the path toward joining the European Union.

At the same time, campaign finance reform groups have been publicly pressuring candidates to lay out reform plans beyond support for a difficult-to-attain constitutional amendment. .

He said the way ahead lay through reform not oppression and urged all politicians to pursue dialogue.

The EU could sometimes feel like an extra layer of bureaucracy, he said, but the answer lay in reform, rather than resorting to oppression or fear.

In the wake of the clerical pedophilia scandal, I thought it just barely possible that lay Catholic reform groups like Voice of the Faithful might either force more democratic, more effectively self-correcting governance on the Roman Catholic Church as a whole or introduce it into the American Catholic Church in spite of the Vatican.

The minister said the government would lay out reform of the system as the referendum date got closer.

"At this point," he added, "our best hope for immigration reform lies with comprehensive reform".

The key to tax reform lies in spending reform.