We must put religion back into public life, says Warsi

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Baroness Warsi, a Muslim, will also be using an official speech in the Vatican to call for Europe to become "more confident in its Christianity", in a defence of faith backed by Prime Minister David Cameron.

She is leading a delegation of seven British ministers to the Holy See, and they have been granted an audience with Pope Benedict XVI
tomorrow.

In the first speech to students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy by an outside minister, she will compare intolerance of religion with totalitarian regimes. "In order to encourage social harmony, people need to feel stronger in their religious identities, more confident in their beliefs. In practice this means individuals not diluting their faiths and nations not denying their religious heritages," she will say.

"If you take this thought to its conclusion the idea you're left with is this: Europe needs to become more confident in its Christianity."

After the High Court ruling that prayers cannot be a formal part of local council meetings, she will also say it is a myth that to protect minorities "we need to erase our religious heritage".