( Breedon Priory Church near to Breedon on The Hill, Leicestershire, England, 2 December 2006/Oxymoron))
The number of Christians in England and Wales declined by 13 percent over the past decade, while the non-religious population grew from 15 to 25 percent, the most recent national census has revealed.
Christianity remains by far the largest religion in the country, with more than 33 million adherents amongst Britain’s 61 million population, but over 14 million people professed to have no religion at all.
Despite this fall-off in support, church leaders welcomed the Office of National Statistics’ findings.
“These results confirm that we remain a faithful nation,” said the Reverend Arun Arora, Director of Communications for the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Council.
