The bishops were right to express their "moral obligation to speak up for those who have no voice".

主教们表达“为那些不能发声的人说话是一种道德义务”的观点是正确的。

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As they have no diocesan bishops of their own, on this ground it may well be denied that they form a Church.

因为他们没有教区主教，他们自己的，基于这个理由，它很可能会否认他们组成一个教堂。

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The 1973 Circular Letter to the world's bishops on pastoral councils stated that councillors are to make up an "effective" number, to "represent" the community, and to be "prudent" (no. 9).

在1973年给世界各地主教关于牧民议会的通函提到，牧民议会议员要达至一个“有成效”的人数、能“代表”团体和行事“精明审慎”(第9号)。

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Without doubt, no individual begrudges these bishops their high work to provide spiritual and basic physical support for illegal aliens, even as they would for those incarcerated.

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Whatever sympathy one might feel for the Bishops, there was no denying the anomalies in their account of that Saturday.

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Such is the discredit of his opponents that a loud No campaign from private business, some Catholic bishops and, especially, representatives of what remains of the once all-powerful traditional political parties could even prove to be markedly counter-productive.

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