Sentence examples for lead the church from inspiring English sources

The Franciscan brothers rejoiced when the Vatican plucked one of their own, a modest Capuchin friar, to lead the church in Boston, the most troubled archdiocese in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.

Men with good intentions but without authority began to lead the church, and to alter the original beliefs and practices of Christ's church.

From the beginning, Christians in Rome claimed for themselves special responsibilities to lead the church.

More important, Cardinal Dolan said, are the strengths of the men tapped to lead the church.

He is by no means the oldest man to lead the Church.

He is willingly stepping down so that another pope may lead the church more effectively.

But in other ways, the next pope could lead the church in a new direction.

The choices he had were simple: he could lead the Church of England, which was eager for his attention; or he could continue to reach out to the churches that ignored him; or he could resign.

Greater honesty about itself should lead the Church of England to get rid of bishops altogether and rejoice in the freedom that comes with being a sect.

Here are some of those who were contenders to lead the Church of England.

The bishops who lead the Church of England are to include female clergy in their meetings for the first time.