1.   Episcopalians put more pressure on Thursday on the conservative Diocese of Fort Worth and two other dioceses nationwide to accept women as priests.

2.   Officials from dioceses nationwide have come calling for advice, he said.

3.   The bishops concluded that the Phoenix Diocese ranks ninth among the dioceses nationwide with the fastest-growing Latino populations.

4.   Catholic dioceses nationwide have been under pressure to rid themselves of any priests with a history of sexual misconduct following the sexual abuse scandal in the Boston Archdiocese.