#outinchurch

[cahirsmommy]

#OutInChurch

https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2022/01/kirche-katholiken-queer-berlin-religion.html

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/katholische-kirche-queer-101.html

https://www.dw.com/en/german-catholic-priests-come-out-as-queer-demand-reform/a-60531857

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZFhH2vLPxd/?utm_medium=copy_link

[nerdygaymormon]

I’m very impressed at the courage of these German Catholics, they put themselves at risk to demand a better way.

“LGBTIQ+ people, whether living alone or in a relationship, are blessed by God.”

“The #OutInChurch initiative demands ... to change the church’s labor law in such a way that a life in accordance with one’s own sexual orientation and gender identity, also in a partnership or civil marriage, does not lead to exclusion from tasks and offices nor to dismissal.”

“I would like to welcome this on behalf of the German Bishops’ Conference as a sign that we are working to ensure that such a climate of freedom from fear must prevail and arise in our church,” Aachen Bishop Helmut Dieser said on the sidelines of consultations of the Bishops’ Conference Permanent Council in Würzburg. No one, he said, should be discriminated against, devalued or criminalized because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

[alligatorius]

In der Katholischen Kirche 

Der institutionelle Mangel frisst alle Funktionäre auf, erst das geweihte Fachpersonal und schließlich auch die zur Rettung herbeigerufenen Laien.  Ein korrupter Kegelclub mit Wahrheits- und Ewigkeitsanspruch entlarvt sich in der Demokratie mit den Jahren selbst … Niemand braucht Institutionen, die für alle Zeiten auf die Demokratie pfeifen und stattdessen Gottes Wort zurechttreten, wie es ihnen…

[bagdyernoke]

Élet+Stílus: Coming outolt a katolikus egyház 125 alkalmazottja Németországban | hvg.hu

#OutInChurch

[jade-cooper]

125 employees of the Catholic Church come out as queer. In the exclusive ARD documentary, believers in the service of the Catholic Church in Germany dare to go public together. People who identify as non-heterosexual talk about fighting for their church - sometimes at the risk of losing their jobs as a result. There are priests, religious brothers, parish assistants, diocese employees, religion teachers, kindergarten teachers, social workers and many more who report intimidation, denunciations, deep injuries, decades of hide and seek and double lives. The Catholics report a system in which pressure, fear and arbitrariness leave employees uncertain as to what exactly happens when they stand by their sexual orientation or identity. The investigative documentary listens to those who live their faith every day and are nevertheless degraded by the church as an institution.        (source IMDB)

#OutInChurch

[wundertree]

OK. Ich sehe euch, ich höre euch, ich glaube an euch. Ihr seid unglaublich mutig und macht die Welt ein Stück besser!

https://chng.it/MBqn2bvhHf (Die dazugehörige Petition.)

[neco117]

#OutInChurch: Mitarbeiter der katholischen Kirche outen sich als queer - Gesellschaft - SZ.de

[sakrumverum]

Reformen vorantreiben mit Tempo, Druck auf die Amtskirche und zur Not für den Preis einer Spaltung — das war der Tenor der Veranstaltung „Kirche kann bunt. Mit Vielfalt gewinnen. #OutInChurch“. https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche/aktuell/was-ist-am-fleckenteppich-so-schlimm-art-229058

[ruhrkanalnews]

BISCHOF OVERBECK: "KULTUR DER ANGST ÜBERWINDEN"

#OutInChurch stellt die Loyalitätsobliegenheiten infrage, mit denen kirchliche Lehren zur Sexual- und Beziehungsmoral zu einem wesentlichen Maßstab für den Dienst in der katholischen Kirche erhoben werden.

Essen- Ruhrbischof Franz-Josef Overbeck hat in einem Brief an rund 3800 Kirchenbeschäftigte und Religionslehrerinnen und -lehrer heute bekräftigt, dass im Ruhrbistum kein Beschäftigter wegen seines Beziehungslebens oder seiner sexuellen Orientierung berufliche Schwierigkeiten bekommt. Im offenen Brief ist u.a. zu lesen: “Wir danken Ihnen allen mit diesem Schreiben ausdrücklich für Ihren Dienst…

[lucifer-hot-as-hell]

Quer ist das Gegenteil von straight

Wahrscheinlich bin ich der einzige Mensch, der in der Unfähigkeit deutscher Journalist*innen u.ä. queer richtig auszusprechen ein Wortspiel sieht...

Naja, wo wenn nicht auf Tumblr kann ich sowas loswerden.

[eiskristallsdiary]

I really hate how some people I studied with are acting super woke on instagram at the moment, reposting stuff about outings of people who work for the Catholic church.

I mean, it's great to spread information against homophobia. But the people it's coming from... Just doesn't seem authentic to me at all.

[hummussexual]

The Roman Catholic Church in Germany on Sunday faced renewed calls for better protection of LGBTQ rights and an end to institutional discrimination against queer people.

Around 125 people, including former and current priests, teachers, church administrators and volunteers, identified themselves as gay and queer, asking the church to take into account their demands and do away with "outdated statements of church doctrine" when it comes to sexuality and gender.

The members of the church community published seven demands on social media under the "OutInChurch" initiative. These demands range from queer people saying they should be able to live without fear and have access to all kinds of activities and occupations in the church without discrimination.

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They said their sexual orientation must never be considered a breach of loyalty or reason for dismissal from their occupation. They ask the church to revise its statements on sexuality based on "theological and human-scientific findings."

Besides asking for equal rights, employees also put down demands that the church takes accountability for their discrimination against people of the community throughout history, calling on the bishop to take responsibility on behalf of the church.

What has been the Vatican's stance?

The Vatican, home of the pope and the Roman Catholic Church, ruled last year that priests cannot bless same-sex unions and that such blessings weren't valid.

But the ruling also reignited a debate on the matter, and there was considerable resistance against it in some parts of Germany.

Last year, at least two bishops in Germany, including Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, one of the pope's top advisers, showed some support for a kind of "pastoral" blessing for same-sex unions.

In Germany and the United States, parishes and ministers also began blessing same-sex unions in lieu of marriage, with growing calls for bishops to institutionalize gay marriage.

However, in response to formal questions from a number of dioceses on whether the practice was allowed, the Vatican's doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) made clear it wasn't, ruling: "negative."

Pope Francis approved the response, adding that it was "not intended to be a form of unjust discrimination, but rather a reminder of the truth of the liturgical rite" of the sacrament of marriage.

[konstruktivenachrichten]

Öffentlich sprechen 125 queere Menschen darüber, dass sie ihre sexuelle Orientierung in der katholischen Kirche lange Zeit verheimlicht haben – und nun nicht mehr schweigen wollen. Die Kampagne "#OutInChurch" schließt dabei an bestehende Debatten an.

[sakrum1]

„Was ist am Fleckenteppich so schlimm?“

Reformen vorantreiben mit Tempo, Druck auf die Amtskirche und zur Not für den Preis einer Spaltung — das war der Tenor der Veranstaltung „Kirche kann bunt. Mit Vielfalt gewinnen. #OutInChurch“.

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