All bishops wear rings to show their bond to the local church they lead and the ring of the Pope, as Bishop of Rome, symbolises his “betrothal” to the entire church. When it was delivered Leo ...

Constantine had a palace by the lake. He summoned the bishops of the church and told them to settle their theological differences. He had united the Roman Empire at the Battle of Chrysopolis in 324.

The bishops express hope that Pope Leo XVI’s leadership will bring about greater unity within the Church, and offer guidance to millions around the globe during these pivotal times,” the ...

The book traces the histories of both American Methodism and the African Methodist Episcopal Church (the Episcopal in its name refers to the church’s reliance on bishops, not to Episcopalianism ...

Under the Catholic Church's legal code, or canon law, bishops have some authority and responsibility over the financial functions in the regions they serve. This includes the pope, who is the ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) seems to be battling ... Last week, the USCCB, the official assembly of the Catholic Church in the United States, slammed U.S. Customs and Border ...

(Credit: Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan.) Listen MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Catholic bishops criticized vote buying and election-related violence after the 2025 midterm elections ...

“But in those years the episcopate was mostly controlled by the bishops of the highlands [the Andean, western part of the country], who always resorted to the Church’s Social Doctrine in order ...

President Mahama with the bishops. The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC ... He called for the establishment of district-level mining task forces with civil society and church observers to ...

Many of them are among the 105 bishops of an organisation he openly supports, the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network, a Catholic Church network focused on the Amazon region. “I spoke to him a ...

May 18, 2025 May 18, 2025 Updated May 19, 2025 0 The Rev. Dr. Melanie Miller, a bishop in the AME Zion Church, posed that question to more than 70 people who attended a memorial service at Tubman ...

He had snapped awake in the middle of the night at the time he believes the world’s cardinals had been electing his old friend to the highest office in the church. “I asked myself ...