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NHS National Health Service sign UK. / TK Kurikawa/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Apr 4, 2023 / 11:54 am (CNA).A Maltese Catholic priest who served as a chaplain in a London hospital received £10,000 in a settlement with the United Kingdom s National Health Service after he alleged he was fired for expressing the Church s teaching on homosexuality. Father Patrick Pullicino, who is also a medical doctor, sued the London NHS Trust for harassment, religious discrimination, and victimization. The 73-year-old priest s £10,000 settlement is equal to about $12,414."There is a tendency throughout the NHS to force their patients to accept generic spiritual care instead of giving support for their Christian beliefs," Pullicino said in a statement, according to a news release from the Christian Legal Centre, which represented him in court. "Christian faith is particularly important in sickness, particularly when in danger of death," Pullicino continued. "Limiting this i ....
Labour grandee Evarist Bartolo has asked whether his party’s handling of an amendment of Malta’s outright ban on abortion is weakening the coalition that granted the party its super-majority since 2013. Could withdrawal on the abortion bill come at a greater cost to Robert Abela, or is the PN’s capitalising on newfound unity turning off poential voters who dislike its anti-choice shenanigans? ....
Those who even fail to recognise the kind of compromise proposed in Bill 28, a law aimed squarely at protecting the life of women when an unviable pregnancy threatens their health, are sticking their heads in the changing sands of time ....