Sentence examples for longstanding church from inspiring English sources

But many in the congregation that morning were longstanding church members.

It was mainly a belated reaffirmation of longstanding church procedures that at least one bishop attending the meeting argued had been ignored for too long, according to church documents and interviews.

In a departure from longstanding church policy, the cardinal also announced that he would require clergymen and officials of the archdiocese to report to the authorities past accusations of sexual abuse by priests.

A3 NATIONAL A10-13 Canon Lawyers Argue Against Sex-Abuse Policy The sexual-abuse policy adopted by America's Roman Catholic bishops contradicts longstanding church laws and risks being substantially revised by the Vatican, according to a number of canon lawyers.

The sexual-abuse policy adopted by America's Roman Catholic bishops contradicts longstanding church laws and risks being substantially revised by the Vatican, according to a growing number of canon lawyers and church officials in Rome and the United States.

Melbourne's archbishop has dismissed both of those recommendations, since they involve changes to longstanding church tradition. .

Afterward, Benedict reiterated the church's longstanding opposition to the five-decade economic embargo, a rebuke the Cuban government had been waiting for.

About 200,000 people sign in annually at the church's longstanding visitors' center, said Elder R. J. Snow, the church's local spokesman.

Archbishop Akinola dismissed concerns that he was exacerbating tensions over a longstanding dispute regarding the church's liberal stance on homosexuality, blaming instead the Episcopal Church for the crisis.

Gail: I have pretty much given up hope on getting a pope who will do something sensible about the church's longstanding nuttiness when it comes to matters of sex.

It opened a new front in the culture wars, reignited longstanding constitutional disputes about church and state, and stirred controversies about whether religion was being bent to political purposes.