The Tory party chairman will lead an official visit to the pope by calling for Christianity to be given a central role in public lifeLady Warsi is to warn of what she calls the “militant secularisation” of society and propose Christianity is given a central role in public lifetime when she leads a high-level administration delegation on an official visit to the pope.In a speech on Tuesday she will affirm: “My dread is that, today, militant secularisation is taking hold of our societies. We see it in a number of things: when signs of religion cannot be showed or worn in administration buildings, and where religion is sidelined and downgraded in the public sphere.”For me one of the most worrying aspects about this militant secularisation is that at its core and in its instincts it is deeply intolerant. It demonstrates alike traits to totalitarian regimes – denying human beings the fair to a religious identity since they were frightened of the concept of multiple identities.”During the visit, held to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the establishment of complete diplomatic relations between the UK and the papacy, she will stress she is not calling for a theocracy however a more explicit role for religion in public lifetime.Some of the recent attempts by Christians to become involved in contemporary politics have been uneasy, including the near implosion of the administration of St Paul’s Cathedral over the presence of the Occupy movement on its doorstep. There has also been sharp disagreements with the Church of England over secular issues such as bonuses and the role of banks.Implicitly rejecting multiculturalism, Warsi, the first female Muslim to serve as a minister, will affirm that the best path to encourage social harmony is to place Christianity at the centre of public lifetime.She is taking six ministers to Rome, including Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, and Michael Moore, the Scottish secretary.She will speak to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the college for the following generation of papal diplomats, at which she will argue Europe needs to be more confident in its Christianity.”Also often there is suspicion of faith in our continent hinging on a basic misconception – that to constitute equality and hour for minorities we demand to erase our religious heritage,” she will affirm.She will argue “human beings demand to feel stronger in their religious identities, more confident in their beliefs”. While individuals should not dilute their nations, nor should nations deny their religious heritages.She will affirm that, “You cannot and should not extract these Christian foundations from the evolution of our nations any more than you should or could erase the spires from our landscapes”.She will deride the path in which across Europe and in the UK, “spirituality is suppressed divinity downgraded and where in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury faith is looked down upon as the leisure activity of oddities, foreigners and minorities”.And she will affirm politicians “demand to give faith a seat at the table in public lifetime”, saying “intolerant secularisation has to be held back by reaffirming the religious foundations on which our societies are built” .The delegation is being lodged at the Vatican Megalopolis State.ReligionSayeeda WarsiChristianityConservativesPope Benedict XVICatholicismPatrick Wintourguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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