PL wants church-state separation with reciprocal respect

The Labour Party is hoping there would be separation but complete respect between the state and the church, leader Joseph Muscat said yesterday during a visit by Archbishop Paul Cremona at the PL’s headquarters. The PL, he said, was not aspiring to be...

The Labour Party is hoping there would be separation but complete respect between the state and the church, leader Joseph Muscat said yesterday during a visit by Archbishop Paul Cremona at the PL’s headquarters.

The PL, he said, was not aspiring to be a party against the church, it believed in the Catholic religion as a fundamental part of what made the Maltese nation but it was also a party that was in favour of a wide spread of legislation to cater for the whole of society.

The PL’s insistence for a lay state and for separation, Dr Muscat said, should not be confused with anti clericalism.

Mgr Cremona was visiting the PL's headquarters as part of the May 1 celebrations.

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