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The American Catholic Church made statements on racism as far back as the 1940s and '50s. 'Colored' Catholic girls could not live in the dorms at Catholic University - the bishops' university - up into the 1940s.

~Anthea Butler

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What's sometimes called the 'browning' of the American Catholic church is very much on the minds of many U.S. bishops - and the pope. Unlike evangelicals who have stayed strong in their support of President Trump, the USCCB knows that it cannot afford to lose their Hispanic and African American population because of a weak stance on racism.

~Anthea Butler

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Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments.

~Blase J. Cupich

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We were like bishops of opposite color.

~Boris Spassky

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

~Brendan Behan

Topics: Bishops Bless May Sister Sons You Your Ah

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Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the political process.

~David Blunkett

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The question of whether women should be made bishops once they had been ordained is absolutely pivotal. It seems to me absolute nonsense for women to be ordained to the priesthood but not to the episcopacy because the two are inextricably linked.

~David Hope, Baron Hope Of Thornes

Topics: Absolute Absolutely Because Been Bishops Had Linked Made Me Nonsense Once Ordained Pivotal Priesthood Question Seems Should Two Whether Women

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Bishops may often feel but cannot express the sting and throb of submitting themselves to Roman commands because the latter are always presented as tests of their loyalty to the Pope and of their absolute acceptance of his teaching authority, or Magisterium.

~Eugene Kennedy

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As dutiful bishops soon discover, authoritarianism, or control from the top down, characterizes the hierarchical tradition.

~Eugene Kennedy

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Francis seems familiar because Catholics have already known him in the Vatican II priests who have been their pastors and sacramental ministers over the years since that council brought new life to an old church. Catholics have known him in the bishops and priests who brought the spirit of the council to their dioceses and parishes.

~Eugene Kennedy

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