problem of the Church

"I don't really see how he's going to solve the problems of the church."

These two countries had very separate methods of dealing with the problem of the church and its power.

As Mead points out, however, obsessive attention to pedophile priests obscures more far-reaching problems of the church.

Nevertheless, many of the problems of the Church also existed in the Swiss Confederacy.

Leasing the land also prevented the politically controversial problem of the church owning a piece of Jerusalem land.

But if Cardinal Law symbolizes the problems of the church, the reaction of Catholics in Boston suggests how much the pedophilia scandal may change it.

The bishop and his clergy met in New York City to discuss the major issues and problems of the church in the U.S.

Although the Orthodox Churches condemned phyletism in 1872, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has declared that "nationalism remains one of the central problems of the Church."

Cardinal Dziwisz joined the College of Cardinals in Rome in March 2013 for a week of discussions on the problems of the church and who might lead it.

And so, this trip to his home turf provides a particularly relevant, even poignant, glimpse into the deep problems of the church, what the pope intends to do about them and what strides he might, or might not, be making.

The Rev. Gommar A. DePauw, 76, the director of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement in Westbury, L.I., said that "personally, like many traditionalists, we think the Pope would do far better to stay home and solve the problems of the church."

The selection of Cardinal Ratzinger dashed the hopes of those Catholics who had wanted a new pope to adopt a whole slate of different solutions to the problems of the church, perhaps permitting married priests, women as deacons and softer strictures against birth control and divorce.

The conflict is an example of the problems of the church in recent decades, as more traditional priests confront a laity educated in the liberalized atmosphere following the Second Vatican Council of the 1960's and that takes a more relaxed attitude toward such doctrinal matters as abortion and birth control.

When nagging congregant Mrs Parker (Liz Smith) comes over to discuss the problem of the church flower arranging committee, Grace, under the impression that Mrs Parker is about to turn them in, attempts to hit her over the head with a frying pan, but is prevented by Gloria.