61.   The pontiff has reshaped the American church hierarchy as perhaps none of his predecessors has.

62.   The scandal is the persistent failure of the church hierarchy to comprehend, to care and to protect.

63.   The secession was the first of several feuds with a male-dominated church hierarchy that she won.

64.   The sexual abuse scandal roiling the Roman Catholic Church has drained the trust that many Catholics had vested in their priests and in the church hierarchy.

65.   The way the church hierarchy balances its institutional responsibilities with its moral role will be closely watched by Catholics when final arguments are made in court early this week.

66.   There was no indication whether the church hierarchy would support a challenge of the result.

67.   This contrition, this humility, this sense of outrage have been largely missing, until now, in the response from the church hierarchy.

68.   This controversial activity is gently encouraged by the subtle language of change employed by the church hierarchy, especially Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the leader of Cuban Catholics.

69.   This finding did not sit well with the local church hierarchy of the era, who feared it might undermine their struggle with the fledgling Protestant order.

70.   Today, this law infuriates the church hierarchy that oversees once-grand cathedrals and small parish churches that are crumbling.