Resolution Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/bishops/plenaries/resolution/ England and Wales Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:05:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Resolution Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/bishops/plenaries/resolution/ 32 32 174395915 Plenary Statement – Life Issues https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-statement-life-issues-nov-25/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:30:14 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=112239 The dignity and protection of human life was central to the bishops’ discussions during the week, particularly parliamentary moves to legalise assisted suicide and decriminalise abortion up to birth in some cases. The bishops issued this post-plenary statement. Statement 2025 is marked by an assault on the value of human life. The Bishops of England […]

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]]> 112239 Overall Plenary Report – November 2025 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-november-2025-report/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:23:34 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=112235 The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales gathered at Hinsley Hall in the Diocese of Leeds for their autumn plenary meeting from 10-13 November 2025. Statements were issued on assisted suicide and abortion, and environmental matters. A resolution was made on the Great Jubilee 2033. Video interviews are available on Life Issues (Archbishop John Sherrington), Prisons (Bishop Richard Moth), CAFOD’s […]

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]]> 112235 Bishops’ Conference Vice President elected https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-2025-resolution-vice-president/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:51:30 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=105060 Following the retirement of Archbishop Malcolm McMahon as Archbishop of Liverpool, the Bishops’ first decision at the Spring Plenary 2025 was to appoint a new Vice President for the Bishops’ Conference. Archbishop Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham and Chair of the Department for Dialogue and Unity was duly elected Vice President.

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]]> 105060 World Apostolate of Fatima: Cathedral Tour https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-2025-resolution-world-apostolate-of-fatima-cathedral-tour/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:44:11 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=105056 The Bishops of England and Wales are grateful to the World Apostolate of Fatima (WAF) Team for organising the visitation of the two National Pilgrim Statues and the Relics of Saints Jacinta and Francisco to all Cathedrals and Catholic shrines in England and Wales between May 2025 and October 2026.  In this Jubilee Year of […]

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]]> 105056 Plenary Resolution: Tenth Anniversary of Laudato si’ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-2025-resolution-tenth-anniversary-of-laudato-si/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:18:39 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=105049 This month marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis’s landmark encyclical, Laudato si’, which continued and developed the Church’s social teaching on ecological issues. The Bishops of England and Wales note with great pleasure the substantial impact of the encyclical. Laudato si’ has nourished the spiritual life of the faithful as well […]

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]]> 105049 Plenary Resolution: Adoremus https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-2025-resolution-adoremus/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:05:22 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=105043 Following the Adoremus gathering at Oscott College in 2024, it is proposed that the next Adoremus celebration take place in London in 2026, involving celebrations at both Westminster Cathedral and St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, with a Blessed Sacrament Procession taking place from one to the other. Notes Adoremus is the name given to the National […]

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]]> 105043 Plenary Resolutions; Synod, Papal Encyclical and New General Secretary https://www.cbcew.org.uk/plenary-resolutions-autumn-2024/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:55:24 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=98206 Assisted Suicide Separate full statement. Synod of Bishops At their Plenary Assembly, the bishops listened to the reflections given by the three Episcopal delegates from England and Wales who attended the second session of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome. While awaiting the official English translation of the Synod’s Final Document, which has […]

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]]> 98206 Statement commemorating the 91st Anniversary of the Ukrainian Holodomor Famine-Genocide 1932-1933 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/holodomor-anniversary-nov24/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:50:11 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=98199 Last year, on 26 November, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, spoke the following words at the celebration of the Angelus in St Peter’s Square; Yesterday tormented Ukraine commemorated the Holodomor, the genocide perpetrated by the Soviet regime which, 90 years ago, caused millions of people to starve to death. That lacerating wound, instead of healing, […]

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]]> 98199 Catholic Bishops of England, Wales, and Scotland issue joint statement on assisted suicide https://www.cbcew.org.uk/statement-assisted-suicide-nov24/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:30:32 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=98197 Be compassionate As Catholic Bishops in England and Wales, and in Scotland, we believe that genuine compassion is under threat because of the attempts in Parliament to legalise assisted suicide. ‘Compassion’ means to enter into and share the suffering of another person. It means never giving up on anyone or abandoning them. It means loving […]

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]]> 98197 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales announce Senior leadership roles for Bishops https://www.cbcew.org.uk/episcopal-commission-appointments-spring-2024/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:36:32 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=91080 At the Bishops’ Spring Plenary Assembly and Retreat, held at Buckfast Abbey from 12-19 April 2024, voting took place to appoint the Principal Officers and Chairs of the Episcopal Commissions (Bishops’ Conference departments) for the next quinquennium – five-year appointments from 2024-2029. President and Vice President The bishops were granted a dispensation from the provisions […]

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