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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-27T10:02:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA bishop has exclusively told GB News about his concerns with the suppression of Christianity, as he called for King Charles to do \"more\" with defending the faith.\n\nBishop Ceirion H Dewar sent a letter to His Majesty outlining his worries, which he later published openly, receiving thousands of signatures supporting his message.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSpeaking to the People's Channel, Bishop Ceirion shared what he wants to see from the monarch in his role as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.\n\nHe said: \"My expectation is you made a vote to protect and defend the protestant form of religion, which in the United Kingdom is increasingly and acceleratingly under attack.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"You need to fulfil your oath, and you need to be far more vocal in your defence of the faith, like Queen Elizabeth II.\"\n\nThe bishop claimed their is growing neglect of Christianity and the rise of Islam in Britain.\n\nHe said: \"The Government is bringing forward this anti-Muslim hostility tsar and definition, which was non-statutory and therefore not legally binding; they seem to be pushing on everybody as if it were a legal power.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Andrew remains at Wood Farm despite removal van pictures as mystery surrounds his new home\n  * William shines a light on women serving in Armed Forces with special outing\n  * King's Speech date confirmed by Leader of the House of Commons\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe continued: \"I don't believe that Christian churches should be holding Islamic prayers. You certainly won't find a mosque in Britain that will invite Christians to pray or preach.\n\nBishop Ceirion touched on the King's Easter and Christmas messages, including other religions, while Christianity is not mentioned in the monarch's statements about other religions at their times of worship.\n\nHe said: \"We're the only religious community where he brings in other faiths into that address. He does not bring Christianity into the address to the Muslim community during Eid or other Islamic celebrations, or the Sikh or the Jewish community; we're the only community where other faiths are brought into.\n\n\"Britain is constitutionally a Christian country. We have a state-established church. The faith, the culture, the laws, our institutions in the United Kingdom, the faith that has had a 1000-year relationship with the crown, is increasingly under attack.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe bishop made clear that he is not in any way \"attacking other faiths\", sharing that he was \"delighted\" to hear about the King being named patron for the Community Security Trust.\n\nHis underlying point, which he shared in his letter signed by thousands of people, is that His Majesty should address the concern of Christianity diminishing.\n\nSharing an anecdote with GB News about when he spoke with the King, Bishop Ceirion said: \"I had a conversation with the then Prince Charles when he was Prince of Wales, and the conversation was about his concern for the future of the church.\n\n\"The first three years of his reign as sovereign, I haven't seen those concerns addressed, especially a similar concern that you could tell was in his voice at the time we had the conversation.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe bishop continued: \"I just felt like somebody needs to do something or say something, and the only person that's got a powerful enough voice is the man that is the Church of England, a man that before almighty God in a congregation of people in Westminster Abbey and took an oath to the Church of Scotland on the day of his accession speech at St James's Palace.\n\n\"Just to remind His Majesty, you have a constitutional responsibility to protect and defend the Protestant Reformed faith and to remind him of that.\"\n\nBishop Ceirion's letter has been viewed more than two million times on his personal X page and viewed by over six million across numerous platforms.\n\nAt the time of writing this article, 6,900 people have personally signed his open letter to the King, calling on him to stand up for Christianity.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Bishop calls on King Charles to stand up for Christianity as fears grow over suppression of religion"
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