First Things RSS Feed - John Loughlin https://www.firstthings.com/author/john-loughlin en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:25 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/john-loughlin 60 Secularist Attacks on the Catholic Church in Britain https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/07/secularist-attacks-on-the-cath https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2007/07/secularist-attacks-on-the-cath Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 One might have expected the Catholic Church in Great Britain to enter a cosy relationship with the new Labour Government of Tony Blair elected in 1997. During that year’s general election, the bishops of England and Wales had issued a document entitled The Common Good, which sought to apply the principles of Catholic social teaching to the issues of the day. Although the document did not advise voters for which party they should vote, it was clear that the sympathies of the bishops lay more with Labour than with the outgoing Conservatives. The bishops were particularly critical of the legacy of Mrs. Thatcher and what has come to be called neo-liberalism, which seemed to stress individualism and the market and to undermine social solidarity.

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