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It’s not an island. It was founded by Roger Williams. As a Puritan, he had fled England to escape persecution by the Church of England, but found Massachusetts no more tolerant. He supported the separation of church and state, which was, at that time, practically committing heresy.  To avoid being sent back to England, he [...]

The Church of England has rejected claims that the Roman Catholic Church has overtaken it as the country’s dominant Christian denomination.
More Catholics than Anglicans attended Sunday church services in England last year, according to new research.
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