1.   I remember in particular going with the local bishop to an early morning Eucharist.

2.   One influential local bishop warned that women who sought abortion would be excommunicated.

3.   There had been many minor challenges, from earlier emperors, and from the popes, and from local bishops and nobles.

4.   Parishioners ardently beseeched the local bishop not to close their beloved church.

5.   - Guidelines on the mandatum, the requirement that theologians seek the approval of local bishops before teaching at Catholic universities.

6.   After stepping off, they formed a single file led by the local bishop.

7.   But even with the greater scrutiny, some local bishops say they are reluctant to publicly reveal the names or numbers of accused priests in their dioceses.

8.   But he drew the line at allowing local bishops to make their own decisions in adapting liturgy for Asian believers, something many bishops had requested in Rome.

9.   But it always begins with a local bishop who nominates a candidate.

10.   But these other would-be rebels have received the quiet acquiescence of their local bishops.