Britain is becoming increasingly vulnerable to “dangerous ideologies”, a bishop has said after the latest census revealed that Christians were in the minority for the first time since records began.
Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury said that data from the Office for National Statistics showed that Britain is breaking free from its Christian moorings and he warned Catholics that “much is stake” both for the Church and wider society.
His remarks came after a 10-yearly Census revealed that in 2021 a total of 46.2 per cent (27.5 million) of the population of England and Wales described themselves as Christian compared to 59.3 per cent (33.3 million) in 2011.
