Monday, October 04, 2010

Does Britain have a Catholic future?

George Neumayr gives a post mortem (should we say a post vitam?) on the Pope's visit to England:
In World War II, Great Britain survived an atheistic assault from outside the country. Today’s “Battle of Britain” comes from an atheistic assault inside it. British culture is crumpling under the growing weight of a fervent secularism that appears religious and an exhausted state religion that appears secular. The once-claimed sturdy Anglican bridge between Christianity and the modern world has largely collapsed, leaving those thrashing around down below it to swim from the Thames to the Tiber or drown.

The Catholic Church in the United Kingdom, to be sure, has her own problems, but, as Pope Benedict’s historic September visit to Britain suggested, the country’s future could end up looking like its distant Catholic past. Pope Benedict stepped into the battle for that future not as a triumphant warrior but as a humble witness to the truth and grace contained in Christ’s Church.

Read the rest here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

"In World War II, Great Britain survived an atheistic assault from outside the country. "

By Nazi soldiers with "got mitt uns" on their belt buckles.