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January 16, 2013

Vatican laments European Court denial of conscientious objection right

Nadia Eweida, 60, a Coptic Christian, poses for a photograph in the Temple Church in London Jan. 15. Eweida, an employee who was asked by British Airways to remove a cross from around her neck, has won a religious discrimination case at Europe's human ri ghts' court, but three other claimants lost similar cases.

Updated 01/16/13

VATICAN CITY - While applauding the European Court of Human Rights' recognition of the right of a British airline employee to wear a cross on her uniform, the Vatican lamented the court's denial of the full right of conscientious objection in other cases claiming religious discrimination in the United Kingdom.

Published in International