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Bishop’s Message for Home Mission Sunday 2026

steve — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:41:20 +0000

Sunday, 20 September is Home Mission Sunday. It’s the day in the Church’s calendar when we pray for and support the vital work of evangelisation throughout England and Wales. Bishop’s Message “Saint John Paul II once said, the greatest poverty of all was to lack God,” said Bishop Egan. “As a bishop, it distresses me […]

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Pray for more people to find their way to salvation in Christ, says Bishop ahead of Home Mission Sunday

james — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:13:09 +0000

Sunday, 20 September is Home Mission Sunday. It’s the day in the Church’s calendar when we pray for and support the vital work of evangelisation throughout England and Wales. In a short filmed message, speaking on behalf of the Bishops, the Right Reverend Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, emphasised that many more people should come […]

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Bishop of Portsmouth appeals against ‘dangerously flawed’ Bill

steph — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:08:34 +0000

Bishop Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, has issued an appeal for Members of Parliament to reject the Bill to legalist assisted suicide. Speaking in a video message, Bishop Egan said: “The bill itself is dangerously flawed, with, for instance, no conscience clause for a medic who feels they cannot take part in a killing. But […]

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Bishop of Portsmouth Statement on abortion vote

steve — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:55:00 +0000

Last week, the House of Lords, in a misguided and sinister move, backed legislation to decriminalise abortions up to birth. Although the current legal limit of twenty-four weeks will remain for doctor-induced abortions, it will soon be legal for mothers themselves to kill their unborn child at any moment they wish up to full term. […]

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Assisted suicide is fundamentally dangerous, says Bishop after Jersey votes to make it law

james — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:55:55 +0000

The Bishop of Portsmouth, the Right Reverend Philip Egan, has expressed how “greatly disturbed” he is by the decision by Jersey’s parliament, the States Assembly, to pass a bill to legalise assisted suicide on the largest of the Channel Islands. Describing the decision as demonstrating a “a woeful lack of interest in protecting the most vulnerable […]

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Two Bishops of Portsmouth issue statement about asylum

steve — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:51:00 +0000

The Rt Rev Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, and the Rt Rev Jonathan Frost, Church of England Bishop of Portsmouth, made their joint statement after discovering that children were among those left intimidated within the Royal Beach Hotel. One asylum seeker, who is a Christian and attends church in Southsea, has detailed what life is […]

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Bishop of Portsmouth welcomes new Pope

steve — Fri, 09 May 2025 19:51:22 +0000

What joyful news! On behalf of all the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Portsmouth, I am absolutely delighted to welcome our new holy father, Pope Leo XIV. We are profoundly grateful to God for the gift of this great and holy man to the Church to lead us as 267th Successor of St. […]

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Mobilise, act, campaign and pray to oppose assisted suicide becoming law, says Bishop of Portsmouth

james — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 08:14:00 +0000

In a pastoral letter to the people and priests of the Diocese of Portsmouth, Bishop Philip Egan, has made a passionate call to action urging Catholics and those of goodwill to oppose assisted suicide before it’s too late. Bishop Egan offers what he calls four plain reasons, based on common sense, and a further two […]

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Critical Conversations into Critical Care

steve — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:48:36 +0000

Over 100 people from around the country packed into the auditorium of Winchester Arc Centre last Saturday, 23 March, for the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth’s What does it mean to be Human? event, a one-day Symposium attempting to tackle long-standing and controversial questions in modern medical ethics and social care. Over the course of the […]

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Missionaries of St Paul like an orchestra conductor releasing the gifts of the laity, says Bishop

james — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 12:58:29 +0000

Bishop Philip Egan, Bishop of Portsmouth, presided at the annual foundation day Mass for the Missionaries of St Paul celebrated in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, on 26 January. The MSPs, as they’re known, were founded in 1976 as part of the response of the Nigerian Catholic Church to the call of Pope Paul VI at […]

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