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| England 'a profoundly needy land' | England 'a profoundly needy land' |
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| England is undergoing a "truly radical break" with humanity's traditions, the Archbishop of Westminster has warned. | |
| Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor used his midnight Mass homily at Westminster Cathedral to describe England as "a profoundly needy land". | |
| The Catholic leader in England and Wales has also urged Christians to visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ. | |
| He was speaking a day after returning from a visit to the Middle East. | He was speaking a day after returning from a visit to the Middle East. |
| Please, please, if you possibly can, go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Archbishop focus on Mid-East | Please, please, if you possibly can, go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Archbishop focus on Mid-East |
| He said: "We live in a culture that seeks to express itself as totally self-sufficient, where only what is experienced or what can be calculated is valid, where individual freedom is held as the fundamental value to which all others must be subject. | He said: "We live in a culture that seeks to express itself as totally self-sufficient, where only what is experienced or what can be calculated is valid, where individual freedom is held as the fundamental value to which all others must be subject. |
| "Our culture represents a truly radical break, not only with Christianity, but with the moral and religious traditions of humanity." | "Our culture represents a truly radical break, not only with Christianity, but with the moral and religious traditions of humanity." |
| Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Canterbury will use his Christmas Day sermon to urge the world not to look away from problems in the Middle East. | |
| Dr Rowan Williams will voice concern over what he regards as an "almost total absence" of belief in the region that a political solution can be found. | |
| During his visit to Bethlehem, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said: "I was able, with my companions, to enter the Basilica of the Nativity and go down those steps that have been there for a thousand years and kneel and pray in the grotto where Christ was born. | During his visit to Bethlehem, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said: "I was able, with my companions, to enter the Basilica of the Nativity and go down those steps that have been there for a thousand years and kneel and pray in the grotto where Christ was born. |
| "Please, please, if you possibly can, go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. | "Please, please, if you possibly can, go on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. |
| "It will be well worth it, not only for yourselves but also for the Christian community who live there." | "It will be well worth it, not only for yourselves but also for the Christian community who live there." |
| The archbishop was on a visit to the Holy Land with other UK church leaders including the Archbishop Williams, who has claimed the government had displayed "short-sightedness" and "ignorance" over its policies concerning Iraq. |