hierarchy of the Catholic Church

I find my religion within my heart, not within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

He went to Rome at the age of twenty, and met important men in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

A nuncio as an apostolic vicar also serves a role in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

In 1795 the loyalty of the hierarchy of the Catholic church was confirmed with the founding of Maynooth College.

It became a fixture of radical right-wing nationalists and it could be detected in the utterances of the hierarchy of the Catholic church.

The hierarchy of the Catholic Church have insisted on this point in order to avoid confusion, as both confidential processes have distinct roles in church life.

The creation of the Independent State of Croatia was initially welcomed by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and by many Catholic priests.

It is disgraceful that the right-wing authorities in the Republic of Poland, by succumbing to pressure from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, are denying Poles rights to which they are entitled.

Furthermore, an important radio station owned by the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Catholic Church campaigned constantly for the ‘no’ camp and the results are there to see, but nobody stopped it from defending that position, which was as legitimate as any other.