Catholic Archbishop Of Wesminster Says Britain Is Selfish And Hedonistic And More Intolerant Than Saudi Arabia

From The U.K. Telegraph and Alliance Defense Fund:

Britain a 'selfish and hedonistic wasteland', says Archbishop's adviser


A leading Catholic has claimed Britain has become a "selfish and hedonistic wasteland" which is less tolerant of his religion than countries such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and China, according to reports.



By Nick Collins

Published: 7:30AM BST 01 Sep 2010





Mr Adamus said "Britain is the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death" Photo: REUTERS Edmund Adamus, an adviser to the Archbishop of Westminster, said five decades of liberalising abortion and gay rights laws had made Britain more anti-Catholic than countries where Christians can be subjected to violent persecution.



The director of pastoral affairs in the diocese of Westminster blamed Parliament for allowing the country to become "the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death".





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Mr Adamus told Zenit, a Catholic news agency: "Whether we like it or not, as British citizens and residents of this country ... Britain, and in particular London, has been and is the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death."



The expression "culture of death", first used by John Paul II, is often used to refer to liberal policies on abortion and euthanasia.



He added that Parliament over the last 50 years had been "the most permissively anti-life and progressively anti-family and marriage, in essence one of the most anti-Catholic landscapes, culturally speaking – more even than those places where Catholics suffer open persecution."



Speaking about marriage and gender roles, he said Catholics should "exhibit counter-cultural signals against the selfish, hedonistic wasteland that is the objectification of women for sexual gratification".



He said "permissive laws advancing the 'gay' agenda" were one example of how Britain had become such a "wasteland".



A spokesman for Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales told The Independent Mr Adamus's views "did not reflect the Archbishop's opinions".