A recent survey showed that about half of the population in England had no religious faith at all. Even many of those who claimed to be Christian did not pray, did not practise, nor keep Christian moral principles.

Even of those who claimed to be Catholic, very many did not practise, did not go to Mass and the sacraments, did not adhere to basic Christian morality. 

None of this is really new to us. Such religious decline has been going on for a long time. It seems to be that it is about time we did seek to remedy the lack of faith in England; about time we reassess our efforts to spread the gospel, to spread the faith left to us by Jesus Himself.