British Catholic Action Group decries joint-religious schools
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London, England, Jul 6, 2005 / 12:00 am (CNA).- A Catholic group in the U.K. aiming to preserve authentic Catholic teaching is expressing outage at proposals throughout the U.K. to establish schools allowing joint religious and sexual education for Catholics and Anglicans. John Gunn, Catholic Action Group‘s National Coordinator said today that, “Catholics as well as Anglicans in the United Kingdom should have a right to be taught their full faith and not a watered down version which is a complete compromise to another denomination.”

The group noted that despite opposition, the Catholic Dioceses of Wrexham and Liverpool have both approved measures allowing for the joint schools.

Supporters of the schools say that the mixed education would allow for students to explore the Catholic and Anglican faiths as well as other religions and gain a higher respect for all.

However, according to Robert Williams, the group’s secretary-himself an Anglican convert: “We and other groups have made direct representations to Rome on this important issue. Rome knows that parents expect their children to be properly educated in their faith.”

“They will hopefully put a stop to this non-sense,” he added.

Catholic Action Group noted that while a number of joint education Catholic-Anglican schools have existed in the U.K. since the 1980’s, permission for the schools was only granted with the understanding that religious education would be separate.

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Published by: Georgianna
Maine, USA 07/07/2005 08:42 AM EST
Henry; It is almost comical to read statements such as yours. How convenient that you hypocrites of the protesters "faith" overlook your own horrid history in an attempt to debunk the ONE TRUE FAITH, founded by none other than JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF-CATHOLICISM! We will pray for you.
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Published by: Pilgrim
Singapore 07/07/2005 03:26 AM EST
Funny, one would expect a person with any faculty for reason would not make the claim that the Anglican Communion "dates back to the earliest years of Christianity". And while the Catholic Christian faith is not inimical to reason (see Fides et Ratio by Pope John Paul II), the learning of the Faith is never merely an intellectual exercise: faith is born, not from an intellectual grasp of theology or doctrines, but an intimate experience of Christ through Body of Christ, which is the Church.
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Published by: Henry
Virginia, USA 07/06/2005 04:27 PM EST
The Anglican Church is founded on Scripture, Tradition, and Reason and the church in England dates back to the earliest years of Christianity. The people of the Catholic Action Group, apparently another of these neo-orthodox right-wing groups, are probably afraid their children might become Anglicans if they are subjected to the use of Reason.
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