Cardinal Keith O’Brien criticises secularism
From BBC News
The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, has used his Easter message to attack "aggressive secularism".
It was an issue Pope Benedict warned about on his state visit to Britain last year.
Cardinal O'Brien said the enemies of Christianity wanted to "take God from the public sphere".
The cardinal has made a reputation for his robust defence of traditionalist Christian teaching.
But BBC religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said even by Cardinal O'Brien's standards his Easter sermon constituted a vehement and outspoken attack on secularism and what he described as the enemies of the Christian faith in Britain and the power they currently exert.
The Cardinal called on Christians of all denominations to resist the efforts of such people to destroy Christian heritage and culture.
In a reference to equality legislation preventing discrimination against homosexual people, Cardinal O'Brien denounced what he claimed was the way Christians had been prevented from acting in accordance with their beliefs because they refuse to endorse such lifestyles.
The Cardinal said: "Perhaps more than ever before there is that 'aggressive secularism' and there are those who would indeed try to destroy our Christian heritage and culture and take God from the public square.
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