The vote shows the gap between church hierarchy and its flock. Yet for some conservative bishops this is no great concern.

投票结果显示了神职人员和其信徒之间的差异。然而，对于一些保守的主教来说这并不是什么大问题。

The meeting follows a worldwide survey of Catholic showing a deep divide between church authority and faithful on issues over sexual morality.

此次会议前，在全世界范围内进行的天主教调查表明，教会权威和信徒在性道德等问题方面存在着较大的分歧。

We don't care that the line between church and state is 50 years old.

我们不在乎教会和国家之间的界限有 50 年之久。

He wrote in an 1802 letter to a religious organization that the clause represents a " wall of separation" between church and state.

他于1802年在写给一个宗教组织的一封信中写道，这一条款是教会和国家之间的一道“隔离墙”。

They led in the discussion of local problems and in the formation of political opinion, so much of which was concerned with the relation between church and state.

他们领导了对地方问题的讨论和政治观点的形成，其中很多都与教会与国家之间的关系有关。

Now, you may be wondering, " Well, the United States is supposed to have a separation between church and state" – that is, the United States government isn't supposed to favor one religion over the other.

现在，您可能想知道，“好吧，美国应该将政教分离” ——也就是说， 美国政府不应该偏袒一种宗教。