New year is not a particularly important festival in England. It is something what we celebrate largely because it happens so soon after Christmas and it can mark a useful end to the Christmas celebrations.
In the wake of numerous Islamist terrorist attacks, a reaction against religion is now discernible in many quarters of society.
As a young child I used to accompany my mother to various Christian services. She had been active in the “Salvation Army” as a young woman and was still a firm believer in God.
The inner geopolitics of the Catholic Church today is guided by the interpretation of eschatological prophesies of Saint Malachy and Fatima messages.
In 2012 Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeev stated, “The fact is, the Catholic Church in the West exists today under an information blockade, under a very hard diktat from secular society. In this case we are without questions allies.
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