Sentence examples for revised norms from inspiring English sources

In fact, I would be willing to argue that the revised norms strengthen our commitment in several ways".

When it comes to removing priests who have sexually abused minors from active ministry, if not from priestly status, the revised norms probably give each bishop even more authority than the original ones gave them.

Footnote 4 alone in the revised norms refers to almost 50 provisions in the church's internal legal code, and the hardy soul who goes to many of these will, of course, be bounced to many others.

The upshot is that when many Catholics, laity or priests, are faced with a complicated document like the revised norms they no longer take their bishops' assurances at face value.

Have the functions of the diocesan review boards with a majority of lay members been significantly reduced under the revised norms or left to be defined by the local bishop?

They are at a disadvantage, however, because the revised norms are written in a fashion opaque even to highly educated Catholics, let alone to journalists struggling to convey the reality in 15 inches of type or 15 seconds of broadcast time.

Yet as the bishops meet on Monday in Washington to discuss and vote on the revised essential norms that emerged from their talks with the Vatican, they have to cope with widespread suspicions that the revisions have significantly undermined the charter.

The Vatican is currently revising the norms for how bishops worldwide should handle sexual abuse cases.

In a statement after the meeting, the government said it was working to simplify labor contracts and revise the norms governing layoffs, "distinguishing between firing for discriminatory reasons, for disciplinary and for exclusively economic reasons".

The MoHSS will focus on revising staffing norms; improving staffing equity across regions and facility types; ensuring an appropriate skill mix at each level; and estimating workforce requirements for new cadres.

Measuring workload indicators (such as number of deliveries), listing key roles, and allocating service standards, provides data that can be used to inform recommendations on revising staffing norms according to demand, ensuring equitable staff/patient ratios and providing the appropriate skill mix, particularly in maternity.