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Hard Core with Soft Edges: the Catholic Church’s appeal to young people in the Philippines

Posted on: 28/10/13 | Posted By: Linda Woodhead | Category: Blog

The Philippines is the only country in the world which still outlaws divorce. It outlaws abortion too. The Catholic hierarchy are proud of that record and want to safeguard it. They’ve recently been fighting tooth and nail against the Human Reproduction Bill which sought some relaxation of the law. They’re losing, but they’re not giving…
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The Church of England is losing followers faster than God

Posted on: 10/10/13 | Posted By: Linda Woodhead | Category: Blog

Of all the findings from our YouGov for Westminster Faith Debates surveys, these two graphs tell the most powerful story about the Church of England’s decline. They need to be viewed together: Graph 1: Religious affiliation by age Graph 2: Strength of belief by age Within living memory, most people in England used to…
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Faith schools: why everyone lies

Posted on: | Posted By: Andrew Brown | Category: Blog

In September we published findings from our Westminster Faith Debate survey on faith schools (see Research). The Guardian published a piece by Zoe Williams citing the poll, which took a strong anti-faith schools line (the Guardian later corrected the inaccurate use of our data). Andrew also writes for the Guardian, but he has a different…
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Care for the poor is a luxury the Church of England can’t afford

Posted on: | Posted By: Linda Woodhead | Category: Blog

We are living through a very significant historical change: the collapse of the historic churches which have shaped British society and culture. The Church of England, by law established, leads the way. Our YouGov for the Westminster Faith Debates poll this year shows that in Britain today only 11% of young people in their…
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Archive for October 2013

Hard Core with Soft Edges: the Catholic Church’s appeal to young people in the Philippines

The Church of England is losing followers faster than God

Faith schools: why everyone lies

Care for the poor is a luxury the Church of England can’t afford