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Life is full of ironies. Europe’s immigration revolution was caused by two major developments, and both had hugely ironic results. Europe’s Holocaust complex and sense of self-hatred following the Nazi horror led to a reactive obsession with racism as the ultimate evil, which led, ironically, to large-scale immigration from among the most anti-Semitic countries on earth, widespread “anti-Zionism” in Europe, and an increase in hate crimes against Jews across the continent. The second factor was the sexual revolution, the decline of church attendance, the invention of the Pill, the 1967 Abortion Act and the increase in female employment, which caused...

Church accuses Government of favouring Muslims Church leaders have accused the Government of giving preferential treatment to the Muslim community because of "political correctness". By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent 11 Jul 2009 Parishes are being starved of state funds to help the poor as a result of money being diverted to other faiths, senior clergy told the General Synod, which is meeting in York. A report endorsed by Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, claimed that the Government had become "unbalanced" in its approach to faith groups. It argued that the determination of ministers to tackle Islamic extremism...

The Christian Party and Christian People's Alliance are running a joint slate The Christian Party and Christian People's Alliance have increased their share of the vote to come eighth in the European Parliament election. The parties, who fielded joint candidate lists, received a total of 249,493 votes - 1.6% of votes cast. It was the first time a Christian party had run in every region of Britain. "The challenge is now to build on our result at grassroots level and begin to make ourselves known," federal executive member Dr Tom Rogers said. "We do not despise the day of small...

June 16th, 2008 Latin Mass “power of silence” raises UK Catholic decibels Post a comment (2) Posted by: Sebastian Tong Tags: FaithWorld, catholic church, latin, pope benedict, traditionalists, united kingdom, vatican Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos was at Westminster Cathedral in London over the weekend to lead one of the highest profile celebrations of the Roman Catholic Church’s old Latin Mass here since the 1960s. The Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales has been lukewarm about the prospect of the old rite being celebrated alongside Mass in English, so the cardinal’s presence was a clear reminder of what the Vatican...

Organised religion is in near-terminal decline in Britain because parents have only a 50-50 chance of passing on belief to their offspring, a study claimed yesterday. By contrast, parents without faith are successful in producing a new generation of non-believers, it said. The report identified institutional religion as having a "half-life" of one generation, as children are only half as likely as their parents to say that it is important in their lives. The generational decline is too advanced to reverse, the report suggested, as the proportion of people who believe in God is declining faster than church attendance. Dr...