The bishop of the region recently described the situation as "reminiscent of the catacombs."

The bishop described Bishop McCarthy as crushed.

The bishop described this weeks four loyalist murders as 'rank sectarianism' in a 'dark and barbaric'seven days.

The bishop described in it rules of religious tax (tithe), paid for monasteries at Miechów and Wąchock.

But those bishops, together with some officials at the Vatican, described the action as a breach of church rules.

And the bishop described it.

A senior bishop has described plans to allow assisted suicide for the terminally ill as morally unacceptable.

(A bishop described him as a great man, such as God sends only once or twice in a generation.)

The bishops described the proposal as "basically flawed" and "unsatisfactory," but they did not say how people should vote.

The bishop described the language of the petition as "personal and unkind", and said relations in the community had been improving.