Our Lead Bishop for Life Issues, Archbishop John Sherrington, offers his gratitude and thanks to all those who wrote to their MPs to stop assisted suicide becoming law.
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill failed after Second Reading by 270 (Yes) votes to 286 (No) – a majority of 16.
Education Sunday falls on the second Sunday of September (13 September, in 2026) just as the new academic year starts and is one of the oldest Days of Special Prayer in England and Wales, established 178 years ago in 1848. It provides an opportunity to celebrate and give thanks to all involved in making Catholic schools places of enlightenment, as well as to look forward in anticipation of the year ahead. More information.
St Peter’s Residence is a ‘gold standard’ care home for the elderly run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Vauxhall, London.
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4) is the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be on 1 September, thus beginning the Ecumenical Season of Creation, which will conclude on 4 October, the liturgical feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. Read more.
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