Pope warns that Christianity is being marginalised; non-Christians can only hope
On Friday, in in his keynote speech to MPs, senior members of British society and religious leaders at Westminster Hall, the Pope he warned there were some people who wanted to see “the voice of religion be silenced”.
He called on those in attendance to seek ways to promote faith “at every level of national life”.
He added: “I cannot but voice my concern at the increasing marginalisation of religion, particularly of Christianity, that is taking place in some quarters, even in nations which place a great emphasis on tolerance. There are those who would advocate that the voice of religion be silenced, or at least relegated to the purely private sphere.”
He may be wrong about all sorts of things (like the link between atheism and Nazism) but he’s right that there are people advocating that religion should be relegated to the purely private sphere. He missed the bit that goes “…with absolutely no influence, control, special privileges, legal exceptions, freedoms to discriminate or direct representation in the House of Lords” but he’s old, so we can forgive that.
