Posted on 04/09/2022 10:50:55 AM PDT by ebb tide
A German diocese has defended its decision to grant a biological female who identifies as a transgender man permission to teach Catholic religion to schoolchildren, amid questions over whether it is attempting to sidestep canon law and the Catholic Church's teaching on sexual morality.
“I can confirm that Mr. Theo Schenkel is granted a permanent teaching license for Catholic religious education in state schools,” a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Freiburg told CNA on April 7.
Since canon law precluded the trainee teacher from receiving the requisite missio canonica of the bishop, the diocese said it had issued the teacher with an "unlimited teaching permission,” signed by the vicar general. Both the diocese and the state school authority consider this authorization sufficient for Schenkel to teach Catholic religion classes, media reported.
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Barf Alert Ping
How can this person be qualified to teach the subject?
It’d be like having someone teach math who doesn’t believe in numbers.
Number fluidity.
They want people to stop going to church.
.
"And on the 11th day Adam chopped off his winky.
And all was good."
.
You win the internetz!
C'mon...
The catholic church in germany is dead.
The German and Austrian churches are a special case because they're essentially state-supported, something which should never have been allowed. "He who signs the check makes the rules" and all of that.
Former nun?
LOL. You betcha!!!
Stick it in your ear.
Will it hurt?
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