11.   A coalition of conservative bishops at the conference is pushing for the adoption of a specific statement barring the ordination of non-celibate homosexuals or the blessing of gay marriages.

12.   And they voted to secede from the diocese and align themselves with the Episcopal Synod of America, a group of conservative bishops and parishes.

13.   Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn has publicly rebuked a conservative bishop in an unprecedented move revealing a deep rift in the Austrian Catholic hierarchy.

14.   Conservative bishops, pointing to condemnations of homosexuality in the Bible, easily won the vote Wednesday to denounce homosexuality as a sin.

15.   Conservative bishops, pointing to plain condemnations of homosexuality in the Bible, easily won the vote Wednesday to denounce homesexuality as a sin.

16.   Progressive Catholics saw him as a symbol of hope and a counterweight to conservative bishops appointed by the pope.

17.   Some Catholics blame declining participation on the number of conservative bishops appointed by Rome over the past decade.

18.   The rift widened in January when two American priests who oppose homosexuality were consecrated as bishops in Singapore -- without church approval -- by two conservative bishops.

19.   The rift widened in January when two American priests who oppose homosexuality were consecrated as bishops in Singapore - without church approval - by two conservative bishops.

20.   The votes demonstrated growing influence of generally conservative bishops in Third World countries and Asia, whose churches were established by missionaries from the Church of England.