Edmund Adamus, director of pastoral affairs at Westminster archdiocese, said in an interview with Zenit that Britain was a "selfish, hedonistic wasteland" and the "epicentre of the culture of death".
His comments were picked up by the Independent, the Telegraph, and the Guardian. A spokesman for Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster said they did "not reflect the archbishop's opinions".
Yet most people would agree that Britain is a fairly selfish, consumerist and sexualised society. All Catholics lament the high rate of abortion. And the calls for legal euthanasia are persistent and growing stronger.
