Day For Life Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/life-issues/day-for-life/ England and Wales Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:20:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Day For Life Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/life-issues/day-for-life/ 32 32 174395915 Papal Message: Day for Life 2026 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/papal-message-day-for-life-2026/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:27:59 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=118414 The Secretary of State for the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has sent Archbishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, a message from Pope Leo XIV to express the Holy Father’s prayerful good wishes to all celebrating Day for Life on Sunday 21 June 2026. The Holy Father, His Eminence writes, “was pleased to learn of the […]

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]]> 118414 Pope Leo XIV offers prayers for parents who have lost a child in ‘Day for Life’ message https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-leo-xiv-offers-prayers-for-parents-who-have-lost-a-child-in-day-for-life-message/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-leo-xiv-offers-prayers-for-parents-who-have-lost-a-child-in-day-for-life-message/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:06:22 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=118368 The Secretary of State for the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has sent Archbishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, a message from Pope Leo XIV to express the Holy Father’s prayerful good wishes to all celebrating Day for Life on Sunday 21 June 2026. The Holy Father, His Eminence writes, “was pleased to […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-leo-xiv-offers-prayers-for-parents-who-have-lost-a-child-in-day-for-life-message/feed/ 0 118368 Archbishop Sherrington: Naming the truth and loss of a child is a way of being compassionate https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-naming-the-truth-and-the-loss-of-a-child-is-a-way-of-being-compassionate/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-naming-the-truth-and-the-loss-of-a-child-is-a-way-of-being-compassionate/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=118355 The Catholic Church’s annual Day for Life will take place on Sunday 21 June. It’s the day in the Church’s year dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage. Day for Life is a joint initiative between the Bishops’ Conferences of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. This […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-naming-the-truth-and-the-loss-of-a-child-is-a-way-of-being-compassionate/feed/ 0 118355 Prayers for Day for Life 2026 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/dfl26-prayers/ Wed, 20 May 2026 19:34:23 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=117619 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made  Psalm 139: 1-6; 13-18; 23-24  O LORD, you have searched me  and known me!  You know when I sit down and when I rise up;  you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.  Even before a word […]

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]]> 117619 Parish Resources for ‘Day for Life’ 2026 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/dfl26-resources/ Wed, 20 May 2026 16:50:47 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=117550 The theme for this year’s Day for Life, celebrated on Sunday, 21 June, is: The Wonder of the Child in the Womb. Parenthood is a vocation of joys and hopes, of grief and anxieties. On this year’s Day for Life, we acknowledge the particular grief of mothers and fathers who have lost a child before birth or in infancy. Many […]

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]]> 117550 The Wonder of the Child in the Womb https://www.cbcew.org.uk/dfl26-message/ Wed, 20 May 2026 13:48:55 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=117582 Every year, Day for Life falls on Father’s Day and we wish fathers a blessed day. Today we remember with gratitude the loving care and direction our parents gave to us, whether they are still with us or have gone to the Lord. Parenthood is a vocation of joys and hopes, of griefs and anxieties. On this year’s Day for Life, we acknowledge the particular grief of mothers […]

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]]> 117582 Day for Life 2025 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/day-for-life-2025/ Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:58:15 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=116079 15 June 2025 The theme for 2025 was Hope does not Disappoint: Finding meaning in Suffering. It is inspired by Romans 5:5-6. St Paul invites us to see that Christian hope is not just naïve optimism but, rather, an unshakeable trust in the power and presence of God who is with us always. This hope can endure […]

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]]> 116079 Archbishop Sherrington announces theme for Day for Life in Annunciation reflection https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-announces-theme-for-day-for-life-in-annunciation-reflection/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-announces-theme-for-day-for-life-in-annunciation-reflection/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:35:52 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=116009 Archbishop John Sherrington has announced the theme for this year’s Day for Life in a reflection for the Feast of the Annunciation. In his contemplation on the Virgin Mary’s ‘Yes’, Archbishop Sherrington calls to mind that: “God chose to enter the world as an unborn child, embracing the fullness of human existence from its earliest […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/archbishop-sherrington-announces-theme-for-day-for-life-in-annunciation-reflection/feed/ 0 116009 Pope on Day for Life: Bear witness to God-given dignity of all https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-on-day-for-life-bear-witness-to-god-given-dignity-of-all/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-on-day-for-life-bear-witness-to-god-given-dignity-of-all/#respond Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:14:55 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=106321 In a telegram for the Day of Life observed by the Church in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, Pope Leo calls on Catholics to continue to bear witness to the God-given dignity of every person without exception. Pope Leo XIV has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to all those taking part in the 2025 “Day […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/pope-on-day-for-life-bear-witness-to-god-given-dignity-of-all/feed/ 0 106321 Day for Life 2025 Papal Message https://www.cbcew.org.uk/dfl25-papal-message/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:09:51 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=105823 The Pope’s message was conveyed by the Holy See’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in a letter to the Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Archbishop John Sherrington. “Pope Leo prays that, through your common witness to the God-given dignity of every person, without exception, and […]

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