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A canonical election, in the canon law of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, is the designation of a suitable candidate to a vacant ecclesiastical office by a vote of a collegial body. [1] One example for a canonical election would be the election of a pope by the cardinals in the conclave .
In the Polity of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the pastor and associate pastor(s), if elected by the congregation and "installed" to a permanent pastorate by the presbytery, have votes as members of the session on any and all matters; [17] however, often they refrain from voting except in tie situations. The Pastor is not a voting member of ...
The exact process varies based upon a number of factors, including whether the bishop is from the Latin Church or one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the geographic location of the diocese, what office the candidate is being chosen to fill, and whether the candidate has previously been ordained to the episcopate.
In the wake of the 2020 election, he hosted a series of global prayer calls — attended by right-wing politicians and like-minded believers — in support of Trump’s false claims of a stolen ...
The issues for the United Methodist Church, in general, center around, but are not limited to, a difference in opinion about whether someone who identifies as LGBTQ should be ordained in churches.
Gravel did not seek re-election in the 2008 federal election after Holy See authorities ordered him to choose between politics and the priesthood following controversy over his opposition to anti-abortion Bill C-484 and his support for the Order of Canada nomination of abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler.
Under Chapter V (paragraph 11) of the current Constitution of the Church in Wales, a bishop's election is confirmed by the Bench of Bishops (i.e. such of the six diocesan bishops as are in post) "assembled in Synod". [8] As such, an assembly of the bishops in order to confirm an election has become known as a Sacred Synod.
The Roman Catholic Church says that they are having a priest shortage — not enough priests for the parishes in the tri-county area. There is a simple solution to that: ordain women to the ...