Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O-Connor could be the first Catholic bishop since the Reformation to take a seat in the House of Lords, according to the delicious Ruth Gledill of The Times.It appears His Eminence could be offered a Life Peerage – unlike his Anglican brethren who sit in the upper chamber as Lords Spiritual because of their place in the established church.
Cormac said last year that public life should not be "God free zone" and called on Christians to prevent the country from becoming a "world devoid of religious faith".
He also blamed Christians for the growth if atheism.
He said: "We need to examine what we might have done to give people a misleading idea of God. Faith in Britain might be improved by a deeper grasp of the mystery of God on the part of our believers."
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The offer of a peerage has been made to many of His Eminence's predecessors. All have refused.
I don't doubt it has been offered, but would be amazed if it is accepted.
It is of course against canon law for a cleric to excercise a political role.
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