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Published on
28 February 2019

Newman’s Age

Posted in Christianity, Church of England, Conscience, Freedom, Liberalism, Liberty, Morality in Public, Uncategorized

In the coming year Pope Francis seems now likely to canonise the English Cardinal, John Henry Newman, completing a first step taken by Pope Benedict XVI who beatified him (declared him ‘Blessed’) in 2010. The Pope Emeritus has often referred to Newman in the same vein as his fellow-countryman St. Thomas More as figures who, […]

Published on
11 June 2015

Is the UK becoming atheist? The findings of a recent survey seem to suggest so

Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Church of England, Culture

Nearly half the adults questioned in the most recent British Social Attitudes Survey said they had ‘no religion’, up from 31 per cent in 1983 and 43 per cent a decade ago. The figure now stands at 49 per cent. The survey, carried out every year since 1983, asked around 3,000 adults in the UK […]