Stripping Britain of its Christian foundations would leave the country vulnerable to “the most sinister of ideologies”, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury has warned.
The Rt Rev Mark Davies used his Easter Homily to express anxiety at the consequences of undermining Britain’s religious heritage.
He cited the recent history of Europe to voice fears extremism would fill the void if Christianity was weakened.
“It has, indeed, been the experience of this past century, as both Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have observed how the most poisonous ideologies have arisen within the Christian nations of Europe,” he said.
“Thus Nazism or Communism attempted to discard the Christian inheritance of faith and morality as if it had never existed.
“They sought either to return to the pagan past or to “re-create” and “redeem” humanity by political will and ideology with terrible consequences. Read more
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