1.   As soon as they are replaced they are broken again and the church authorities are considering wire netting as a protection.

2.   By the thirteenth century, as far as marriage was concerned, church authorities were insisting on the importance of marriage taking place before witnesses in public.

3.   However, within the Catholic sector, it is the responsibility of Headteachers, School Boards and the appropriate Church authority to take a discriminatory view of curricular changes.

4.   The comments from the church authorities came after Reg applied to lay a concrete strip for memorial plaques.

5.   He is convinced he is doing the right thing, despite the disapproval of the church authorities.

6.   Another reason is the lasting Spanish colonial heritage, which gives the military and the Catholic Church unquestioned authority.

7.   A criminal case also would raise thorny church-state issues, entangling the state in areas traditionally left to church authorities.

8.   A spokeswoman at the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said that the church authorities there were also bewildered by the shooting.

9.   All four denominations have always agreed that church authority rests essentially with the laity.