Tag - christianity

England & Wales: Christians Now A Minority – Surprised, Anyone? Does God Actually Care?

Christians now a minority in England and Wales - The News... By AFP November 30, 2022 LONDON, United Kingdom: Fewer than half of people in England and Wales identify as Christian, according to census data released on Tuesday, underlining a landmark shift towards secularism in multicultural Britain. The findings from the 10-yearly census, carried out in 2021,...

Happy Easter 2021: Rejoice! Christ Has Already Overcome the World! (John 16:33)

V. Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia. Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia. R. Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia, For he whom you did merit to bear, alleluia, V. Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia. Has risen as he said, alleluia. R. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. V. Gaude et laetare, Virgo Maria, alleluia. V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin...

Europe: will Brexit kick-start the Christian restoration – or is it too late?

 From the website of the Lepanto Foundation - dated 7 December, 2018 The roots of the crisis in the European Union (1991 - 2011) The economic, social and political crisis which the EU is undergoing is there for all to see. In a few days it will be the 20th anniversary of the Maastricht treaty, signed...

Is the UK no longer free?

The treatment of Tommy Robinson, coupled with the contrived outrage over Boris Johnson's 'burka' remarks this week, do beg the question: is Tucker Carlson right to question whether, in fact, the UK really is a free land?   And why are the Catholic bishops not asking the same question?  Comments invited...   

Commission: de-Christianise UK – Give More influence To Non-Christians

  Britain is no longer a Christian country and should stop acting as if it is, a major inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has concluded, provoking a furious backlash from ministers and the Church of England.   A two-year commission, chaired by the former senior judge Baroness Butler-Sloss and involving leading religious leaders...

Church Youth Groups Destroy Faith…

A study commissioned by a protestant organization has found that Christian youth groups, with an infantile approach to the faith and a focus heavily on being “hip” to this fallen culture, are a predominate factor in driving many young people from Christianity.  Mind, this study looked at Christians in general and not Catholics, but...

Can the “immature” be “good” Catholics?

Recently, in the context of discussing the research findings purporting to show that atheists are more intelligent than believers, I found myself in conversation with a variety of readers on the subject of maturity, on whether it is possible to be a truly mature adult Catholic while lacking  any of the qualities generally associated with mature adulthood: check out...