http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/771477c0d4a631d0 https://verfassungsblog.de/religious-ethos-on-trial/ Selectivity of Religious Ethos on Trial - Towards a Tiered System of Duties of Loyalty in Church Employment Law Geiger, Sarah Kramer, Johanna eng 2026-03-31 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 CJEU C‐258/24 EU EU Egenberger Katholische Schwangerschaftsberatung ethos loyalty the Catholic Church EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 17 March 2026, the CJEU decided in C‐258/24 (Katholische Schwangerschaftsberatung) that a Catholic association cannot dismiss an employee on the ground that she has left the Catholic Church while simultaneously employing non-Catholics for the same assignment. The judgment provides a contextualised concept of loyalty, differentiating between the loyalty to the Church and the loyalty to the religious employer. This nuanced approach towards a tiered system of duties of loyalty may foster convergence between national and European case law.