In its judgment in Case C-282/19 MIUR and Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Campania delivered on Thursday, 13 January, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled that a suitability certificate issued by an ecclesiastical authority could not justify the systematic renewal of fixed-term contracts for Catholic religious education teachers. In the court’s view, EU law prohibits any discrimination on the basis of religion and on the basis of the fixed duration of the employment...