from the public arena, and faith schools will have to close their doors; Catholic hospitals will shut down; a host of charities will face closure. The result will affect believers and non-believers alike. Who will step into the breach to deliver the high-quality services that the Christian (and in many cases the Jewish and Muslim) community has offered, free of charge, for centuries? The state won’t, and I have yet to come across a National Secular initiative that feeds the poor or cures the ill.