1.   Bishop William E. McManus, the retired bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., described the document as laying a foundation for progress.

2.   A retired Methodist bishop will serve as judge and other ministers as a jury.

3.   His more prominent converts to Catholicism included the duchess of Kent, a cousin of the queen and Graham Leonard, a retired Anglican bishop of London.

4.   The upcoming heresy trial of a retired Episcopal bishop may be a historic occasion, but at least one diocese wants nothing to do with it.

5.   Two years ago a group of bishops tried unsuccessfully to bring a retired bishop to trial for heresy after he ordained a gay man as a deacon.

6.   Within a month another spectacle is looming in the form of the heresy trial of a retired Episcopal bishop who ordained an openly gay man as a deacon.

7.   Pope John Paul II, who himself is long past the usual retirement age for bishops, is urging healthy retired bishops to stay active in the Church.

8.   A retired Catholic bishop has been killed in a coastal town in Montenegro, apparently the victim of a robbery attempt, a local news agency reported Tuesday.

9.   Matthiesen, the retired bishop of Amarillo, Texas, said he does not make judgments about the participants in the conference.

10.   The retired bishop had been suffering from heart problems.