Only highly ranked state and religious officials, whether foreign or national, are eligible for this order.
In fact, we need to even the playing field for religious officials in general.
Depending on the law of the foreign country, local civil or religious officials generally perform marriages.
Marriages abroad are almost always performed by local (foreign) civil or religious officials.
The authority figure could be parents, family, a religious official, or a group consensus.
In these cases, religious officials are generally responsible for interpretation and implementation.
Divorce proceedings take place in a secular court, rather than before a religious official.
Politicians, religious officials and families of those killed all spoke.
In 2002, Massachusetts passed a law requiring religious officials to report the abuse of children.
A religious official ran after the youths with a stick.