Paperwork, votes weakening fraternal episcopal bonds.(1996 conference of U.S. Catholic bishops) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: November 22, 1996| Author: Roberts, Tom | COPYRIGHT 1996 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Bishops attending the 1996 annual conference found that the business agenda was so overwhelming that they had little time for informal meetings with their colleagues. Business is also dominating the annual spring retreat.

WASHINGTON - It was almost two decades ago, during the "activist" days of their conference - the late 1970s and '80s when the U.S. bishops wrestled down huge public issues like war and peace and economic justice - that the bishops first realized that even noble...

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