16 April 2015, The Tablet

United in harmony

by Frances Novillo

 
The Migrants’ Mass on 4 May in London will bring together Catholics from around the world. It gives an insight to the rich musical heritage that people from many countries can also bring to their parishes Whatever the outcome of the general election on Thursday 7 May, we know that immigration will be a significant issue facing the new Government. A journalist, Alex Massie, heralded this as “the outsiders’ election” in a recent Big Issue, as more than 25 per cent of the electorate are migrant voters, who were born overseas but are now British citizens, born overseas to British parents or from Commonwealth countries but now resident here. A significant percentage of UK Catholics are migrants, based here temporarily or permanently. Migration has enriched Catholic wor
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