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Pope Benedict XVI issued a clarion call to defend Christianity in an address before the British Parliament on Thursday evening, September 16, 2010, saying Christmas was at risk of being struck from the calendar.
In a strongly worded speech delivered in the British Parliament on September 16,2010, Benedict XVI bluntly told politicians not to ‘silence’ religion and discourage public celebration of its most important festivals.
And in a thinly veiled attack on controversial equality legislation, he said laws which forced Christians to act against their consciences were wrong.
"There are those who would advocate that the voice of religion be silenced, or at least relegated to the purely private sphere" he told senior politicians and public figures.
"There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none."
He spoke as security was tightened around the Papal visit after the arrest of six central London street sweepers over a suspected terror plot to attack him.
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