Bishops want to change the labor law of the Catholic Church

Created: 07/03/2022 15:29

Georg Bätzing, Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference.

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The pressure from our own ranks is having an effect: the labor law of the Catholic Church is to be adjusted.

A success for the #OutInChurch initiative.

Bad Staffelstein - The German bishops want to change labor law in the Catholic Church to end discrimination against homosexual employees.

"Movement is needed here, pressure has been created here," said the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK), Georg Bätzing, on Monday at the opening of the DBK spring plenary assembly in the pilgrimage site of Vierzehnheiligen in Bavaria.

"We are moving towards a change in the basic order."

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The ten articles of the constitution form the cornerstones of the Church's labor constitution.

They apply to around 750,000 employees in the Catholic Church and its Caritas.

According to Bätzing, an episcopal group is to discuss a new draft of the constitution in May.

In June, the DBK could then discuss this draft in the Permanent Council.

In the Catholic Church it can cost you your job if you commit to a same-sex partnership, for example.

In January, 125 queer employees protested under the motto #OutInChurch.

Bätzing said that he would accept a collection of signatures for the campaign at the general assembly.

The rising number of exits is an important sign to the Catholic Church that something has to change.

"I think the resistance of the church to change no longer holds." dpa