To judge parents who do not even tell their children Easter is a religious festival

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I'm shocked that 12 out of 20 children in my childs class had no religious knowledge of the meaning of Good Friday or Easter Sunday for Christians.
All aged 9yrs old.

What’s load of old shite! Mind you, I don’t think we should have a House of Lords either, nor a Royal Family. Certainly not a monarch who signs any laws anyway.

Have you ever sat in a service @Abitofalark
They pray for the Catholic Church
Just as UK monarchs pray for the Catholic Church during the coronation
The Church of England sits between

Catholic Elements in the Church of England: Retainment of Tradition
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Some Protestant movements that stripped away all Catholic practice in worship and administration, like the Church of England, retained a great many forms of older traditions, including its bishops, archbishops, and priestly structure, still following a hierarchical model.
Liturgy and Sacraments
The Anglican liturgy also holds a formal structure, especially as codified by the Book of Common Prayer, that mirrors and builds on the Catholic mass or liturgy. Baptism and Eucharist are not merely confined to the rites of worship but are sacraments and remain at the center of worship, albeit they may be somewhat different from the Catholic understanding.
The Via Media—A Middle Way
The Church of England refers to itself as a “via media,” or middle way, between Protestantism and Catholicism. It has a Protestant theology but in many respects has retained a good degree of Catholic traditions that make it a hybrid mix that can be disparate from either side.

Studying the Elizabethan settlement goes some way to understand why