The Catholic Church ranked second in a survey of the most common themes of UK news reports on Christianity
A survey of 5,000 articles found that 1,247 concerned the Catholic Church.
The Christianity in the News Media Report said personal faith was the leading theme of all reports on Christianity published between December 2023 and November 2024.
It featured in 1,635 articles on Christianity, according to the report commissioned by the Christian media group, Jersey Road. The Church of England was mentioned in 846 reports.
Although the Catholic Church is only the second largest denomination in England and Wales (with 31 per cent of church attendance), it received 1.5 times more media coverage than the Church of England, “despite the latter being both the established church and the largest in England and Wales (34 per cent of attendance).”
Most coverage of Catholicism focused on “the controversy around the Catholic Church’s traditional views…
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