Is nothing sacred? At the Catholic Herald we have argued in our articles that the Church of England has crossed such a line in allowing the naves of some of the UK’s greatest cathedrals – including Canterbury – to be temporarily repurposed for cocktail-fuelled silent discos (in which the revellers dance to music coming through headphones) in a misguided attempt to make such religious spaces appeal to the young.
Canterbury is the sacred place where St Augustine, sent by St Gregory the Great, based his mission to the English at the end of the sixth century. It is also where Thomas Becket was murdered, centuries later, for his stand against Henry II over the rights of the Church. No wonder, then, that over 1,600 people signed a petition protesting about the event and organised a prayer vigil outside the building.
