Brazil's bishops maintain that landowners "target community leaders, trade union organizers, lawyers and church workers" for assassination in the battle.

The bishops maintained their position and the crisis continued.

Successive bishops maintained significant influence until the mid 16th century, when Edward IV obtained direct control over the town and its surrounding area.

The bishops maintained that the decision opened the way to giving lethal injections to terminally ill patients as well as prescribing deadly drugs for them to take themselves.

Milner and the Irish bishops maintained that no Catholic could assent to this without incurring schism.

Several victims who participated said the bishops mostly maintained a somber reserve as they listened to the accounts.

The bishops also maintained that this was a separation forced upon them by the changing political realities.

The bishop appointed all local officials and maintained his own court.

American bishops of the Roman Catholic Church maintained a general silence toward the issue of intervention.

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