October 23rd, 2021 | Assisted Suicide, Life Issues
Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Bishops’ Conference, has thanked Catholics for writing to peers and praying that Baroness Meacher’s Assisted Dying Bill might be defeated. In a brief statement issued after the Second Reading in the House of Lords on 22 October 2021, Bishop Sherrington said: “The debate about Baroness […]
October 21st, 2021 | Assisted Suicide, Life Issues
By Pia Matthews To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. G.K. Chesterton These words from G.K. Chesterton’s A Short History of England are a salutary reminder to those who claim certain rights. And now, not for the first time, a new […]
October 19th, 2021 | Assisted Suicide
The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbi warn of the risk to vulnerable people should Parliament back a new attempt to change the law on assisted suicide. In a joint letter to peers, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Archbishop Justin Welby, […]
September 8th, 2021 | Assisted Suicide, Life Issues
Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has written an open letter inviting Catholics to pray for the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill to be debated in the House of Lords in October. It encourages them to write to peers at the House of […]
September 8th, 2021 | Assisted Suicide, Life Issues
Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has written an open letter inviting Catholics to pray for the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill to be debated in the House of Lords in October. It encourages them to write to peers at the House of Lords stating […]
August 24th, 2021 | End of Life, Life Issues
The Bill is almost identical in form to the ‘Marris Bill’, which was overwhelmingly defeated by 330 votes to 118 in the House of Commons in 2015. None of the serious concerns raised at the time have been factored into this new piece of legislation. In essence it permits an adult who is terminally ill […]
May 25th, 2021 | Day For Life, End of Life, Life Issues
Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, has issued a statement outlining the Catholic Church’s opposition to a Bill that could make assisted dying legal in England and Wales. The Assisted Dying Bill, a Private Member’s Bill introduced by Baroness Meacher, is due to be debated in the House of Lords on Wednesday 26 […]
September 11th, 2015 | Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues
Assisted Dying
September 1st, 2015 | Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues
Assisted Dying Bill
July 16th, 2014 | Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues
Faith Leaders’ Statement
July 14th, 2014 | Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues
Bishop O’Toole
July 14th, 2014 | Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues
Bishop Egan
