Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Record number of Britons describe themselves as non-religious

From Catholic Herald-

For the first time, more than half of Britons say they are not religious, a survey suggests.

The National Centre for Social Research found that 53 per cent of adults described themselves as having “no religion” in a survey of 2,942 people. The figure was even higher among those aged 18 to 25, with 71 per cent saying they had no religious affiliation.

The biggest decline was among self-described Anglicans, whose numbers have collapsed by 50 per cent in under two decades. Just 15 per cent of Britons now identify as Anglican, down from 30 per cent in 2000. Among the under-25s, the figure is as low as three per cent, compared to 40 per cent of those aged 75 and over.


More here-

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/09/05/record-number-of-britons-describe-themselves-as-non-religious/

and here-

https://aleteia.org/blogs/deacon-greg-kandra/collapse-more-than-half-of-the-british-public-say-they-have-no-religion/

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