Cultural Catholicism and the Apostasy of Britain’s Political Class
National Catholic Register portal reports on the resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the likely succession of Andy Burnham, a self-described “cultural Catholic” and socialist mayor of Greater Manchester, to the highest office in the land. The article, authored by Edward Pentin and published on June 22, 2026 — the feast of St. Thomas More — presents Burnham as a figure whose Catholic identity is reduced to a vague social sensibility while explicitly rejecting the Church’s moral teaching on sexuality, marriage, and the sanctity of life. That this portrait is offered without substantive doctrinal critique, and indeed with a tone of mild admiration for Burnham’s “warmth” and “compassion,” reveals the depth of the conciliar capitulation to the spirit of the age.
