Employment Issues Archives - Page 42 of 57

Sister of Mercy Joins Parents in Protests Against Firing of Lesbian Educator

July 24, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A prominent Sister of Mercy has joined parents in criticizing an LGBT church worker's expulsion, setting her apart from Mercy leadership which expressed its support for the discrimination. Read More

Fired New Jersey Priest Asks Pope Francis to Defend LGBT Church Workers

July 23, 2015/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A priest fired for opposing anti-gay bullying has written to Pope Francis, asking the pontiff to stem the expulsion of LGBT church workers. Read More

Changing the Conversation on Church Workers' Rights

July 21, 2015/5 Comments/in Employment Issues /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

It seems as if every few months, and sometimes weeks, Bondings 2.0 covers the story of a church worker who lost their job in an LGBT-related dispute made public. There are more than fifty such cases since 2008, but there are signs of hope as ecclesial forces increasingly resist these firings. Read More

Two Catholic Schools Approach Employees' Same-Gender Marriages Very Differently

July 15, 2015/22 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

While Philadelphia becomes a new focal point in the continuing story of lesbian and gay... Read More

Paraguayan LGBT Rights Leader Attends Papal Meeting, But Not All Are Happy

July 13, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The leader of Paraguay’s national LGBT-rights organization is very pleased at the way his inclusion... Read More

Wife of Fired Teacher Appeals to Pope Francis for Reinstatement

July 11, 2015/11 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The wife of Margie Winters, who was fired from a Philadelphia-area Catholic elementary school because... Read More

Catholic School Fires Lesbian Who Is 'Perfect Example of Living a Religious Life'

July 9, 2015/19 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A Catholic elementary school educator in the Philadelphia area has been fired because she legally married... Read More

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese Spells Out Falsehoods and Possibilities in Marriage Equality Responses

July 6, 2015/9 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

In Bondings 2.0’s continuing effort to try to chronicle all the key Catholic reactions to the... Read More

Catholic Relief Services Yields to Right Wing Attack as Gay Employee Resigns

June 4, 2015/15 Comments/in Employment Issues, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic Relief Services (CRS) employee has resigned amid controversy over his same-gender marriage, prompting a response from the U.S. bishops' international aid organization that ultimately encourages anti-gay activists' harm to LGBT church workers and the church at large. Read More

Priest Removed from Seton Hall University Comes Out as Gay

June 3, 2015/9 Comments/in Employment Issues, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Seton Hall University's former chaplain removed recently for his publicly support of the NOH8 campaign has come out as gay, speaking as well about his removal for the first time. Read More