Politics

Mary Kenny: Why there’s a ‘Catholic renaissance’ taking place in Britain, especially among Gen Z

Michael Collins once quipped that Ireland was only a Catholic country because England was a Protestant one: if England had been Catholic, the Irish might have gone in the opposite direction.

Michael Collins once quipped that Ireland was only a Catholic country because England was a Protestant one: if England had been Catholic, the Irish might have gone in the opposite direction. Well, it now seems that Collins’ jest is beginning to resemble reality: Roman Catholics in England and Wales are now overtaking adherents of the Church of England established by Henry VIII..