He completed a two-year survey in 1972, reporting that dissatisfaction among the priests was widespread; but the bishops rejected his findings.

The bishops also rejected a proposal to condemn some of his policies as "evil" and "incompatible with the Gospel."

With grief too deep for words, the bishops who stand before you must reject this action.

The bishop rejected the wine and asked for water again.

The bishops on 17 February 1795, rejected the first and second proposals.

The other bishops were unwilling, and rejected the offer of a state-paid clergy or state-appointed bishops.

In 1999 the German bishops unanimously rejected the demands of the CDF.

It was the traditionalist drafts prepared by these teams that the bishops gathered in Rome from around the world rejected at the Council's opening.

But, as the New York Times noted, "some council members opposed his views, and the bishops later rejected one decision."

The French Catholic bishops strongly reacted to these publications and rejected the accusation of the existence of cults within the Catholic Church.