German bishops change personnel policy, will allow for gay and divorced/remarried employees
May 06, 2015
The Catholic bishops of Germany have changed their personnel policies, to allow Church employees to keep their jobs even if they are divorced and remarried, or engaged in homosexual partnerships.
The bishops had discussed a change in their personnel rules last November, but chose to delay a vote on the matter until their April meeting. The bishops’ conference said that the change would adapt the Church to “the the multiple changes in legal practice, legislation and society.”
Ironically, a German court ruled last November that a Catholic hospital had the legal right to dismiss a doctor who remarried after a divorce. The ruling upheld the Church’s contention that employees at Catholic institutions could be held to moral standards set in accordance with the teachings of the Church.
The Catholic Church in Germany is one of the nation’s largest employers, maintaining a vast network of schools, hospitals, and social-service agencies.
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Further information:
- German Catholic Church opens labor law more to divorced and gays (Reuters)
- German bishops ready to change policy, allow divorced/remarried and homosexual employees (CWN, 12/16/14)
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Posted by: R. Spanier (Catholic Canadian) -
May. 11, 2015 11:04 PM ET USA
Sin is a personal act. Moreover, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them: ... by ordering, advising, praising, or approving them; ... by not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so; (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1868). "The sins which lead the most souls to hell are sins of the flesh." Words of the Blessed Mother at Fatima to Blessed Jacinta Marto.
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Posted by: MAG -
May. 06, 2015 10:09 PM ET USA
And thus have these "Marxists" made irrelevant all Catholic moral teaching. Germany has fully reverted to paganism. Her hirelings have abandoned the flock.
