The two archbishops of the church, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York, along with 24 other bishops, have seats in Parliament in the House of Lords.
The future of four other police stations in Bishops Cleeve, Churchdown, Winchcombe and Whaddon, is still be looked at.
Archbishop Lefebvre announced in 1988 that he intended to ordain Williamson, and three other priests, as bishops, and did so despite warnings that he would be excommunicated.
One European cardinal said the Vatican needs to improve its internal communication by simply holding monthly meetings between the cardinals that head key departments on doctrine, clergy, bishops and other issues.
The mess also has made bishops and other church leaders around the world less inclined to take their cues from Rome, or to share anything sensitive with Vatican officials, for fear they'll be reading about it in tomorrow's paper.
Other panels comprising theologians, then bishops and cardinals will have reviewed the case, before it was finally pronounced upon and approved by Pope Benedict XVI.
Roman Catholic bishops, evangelical leaders and other religious figureheads had lobbied for a broader exemption to the contraception requirement.
Aside from the issue of same-sex marriage, Archbishop Welby takes the post as the Church wrestles with other controversial issues such as the consecration of women bishops.
She played different bishops, vicar generals and apostolic envoys off against each other.
Benedict will keep working until February 28, meeting with pastors from Rome, Italian bishops, and the visiting presidents of Romania, Guatemala and other countries, according to the Vatican press office.
We appreciate the support by the Pope, his fellow Catholic Bishops in the United States, and their Protestant, Jewish and other faith colleagues.
Other names included Canadian Cardinal Marc Oullet, who heads the Vatican's powerful office for bishops and Dolan.
He also urged the bishops to continue to insist upon their right to participate in national debate through "respectful dialogue with other elements in society".
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