#bishops

There is no indication that any church official suggested or supported the emperor's action against gay people. On the contrary, the only persons known by name to have been punished for homosexual acts were prominent bishops. ↗

— John Boswell

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Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. ↗

— Brendan Behan

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I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome. ↗

— Hans Kung

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The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church. ↗

— Karl Lehmann

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