The church refuses to allow women to be ordained as priests because there were no female apostles.

The Russian church agreed to this, but refused to hand over certain valuables of religious or historic significance.

The church, he said, had initially refused to sell it to them.

The church refused, signaling a dramatic change in Quebec society.

The Romanian church also refused to participate at the contemporary.

I had asked myself, and the answer was no, not as long as that church refused to ordain women!

On his fourth visit, even the church refused to allow him to preach.

In 1979, however, the church refused to admit practicing homosexuals into the priesthood.

The church however refused to cease burial considering a viable and important source of income.

The local church refused him a Christian funeral, so his remains were buried at sea.