Pope Benedict has criticized Britain over a proposed law designed to ensure equality, saying it could limit the freedom of religious groups to act
in accordance with
their beliefs. His comments are seen as an attack on the draft law that would ,for example, prevent Roman Catholics from discriminating against homosexuals. Robert Pigott has the details.
It's the first time Pope Benedict has directly addressed what has become a central issue for Christians in Britain. The conflict between legislation protecting group, such as Gay P against discrimination and the freedom of churches to act in accordance with traditionalist's beliefs. Pope Benedict said the UK was well known for its firm commitment to equality of opportunity for all members of society. However, he said the affect of some legislation had been to impose on just limitation on the freedom of churches to act in accordance with their beliefs.
The United States armed forces have
resume
d medical evacuation flights for Haitian's critically injured in the earthquake three weeks ago. A military spokesman said the American authorities had now identified locations where the injured could be taken in the US that would not
overwhelm
local facilities. The Chief Medical Officer at an American field hospital in Port-au-Prince Doctor Mike Sheehan.
It's a great thing that the military transports have
opened up
again, we have had a lot of patients who are critically ill that we are caring for. But they need more care than we can find here, we got a list of 7 people who probably would die within 48 hours if they don't get out of here.