Dismissal angers Catholics.The Catholic Church is out of step with women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and in today's world and as a result women are being denied social justice and their rights to full and equal participation in the Catholic Church, said the Catholic Network for Women's Equality. "The recent discipline of Rev. Ed rev. abbr. 1. revenue 2. reverse 3. reversed 4. review 5. revision 6. revolution rev. 1. revise(d) 2. Cachia by the Catholic bishop of Peterborough The Bishop of Peterborough is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire and has its see in the City of Peterborough, , Ont., Nicola de Angelis, is contrary to the church's own teaching on social justice because the church has not acted justly in its treatment of Rev. Cachia or in providing adequate economic support for him," said Mary Ann Beavis, CNWE CNWE Catholic Network for Women's Equality spokesperson. Cachia, former associate pastor at St. Michaels' Parish in Cobourg, Ont., was relieved of his duties in late October for publicly supporting women's ordination. He was dismissed with two month's wages and no pension plan. "The Peterborough diocese must practice what it preaches and take responsibility for fair and humane treatment of its workers," said Beavis, a professor of biblical studies Biblical studies is the academic study of the Judeo-Christian Bible and related texts. For Christianity, the Bible traditionally comprises the New Testament and Old Testament, which together are sometimes called the "Scriptures. ." It must allow people the freedom to speak the truth of their conscience and restore Fr. Cachia to active ministry." --Canada News Wire |
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