The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has told us that Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to legalise gay marriage are unnecessary. The Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, said he does not see the need to change the definition of marriage. "He (David Cameron) seems rather intent in taking a step the reason for which quite frankly a lot of people don't understand," he told us. "We have legal protection for the shape of the marriage that has served society very well around the world for many centuries and quite frankly we really don't see why it's important to change that legal definition." Meanwhile, the leader of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said in his Easter sermon that young people's hostility towards faith is not as extreme as society perceives. Speaking at Canterbury Cathedral, Dr Rowan Williams - who is leaving at the end of the year - said a number of young people appreciate the role religion plays in ! society and are keen to learn about it. He warned that now was the "worst possible moment" to downgrade the importance of teaching religion in secondary schools. "There is plenty to suggest that younger people, while still statistically deeply unlikely to be churchgoers, don't have the hostility to faith that one might expect," Dr Williams said. "[They] at least share some sense that there is something here to take seriously - when they have a chance to learn about it." In Rome, Pope Benedict XVI used
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