October 19th, 2021 |
Assisted Suicide
With the Assisted Dying Bill receiving its Second Reading in the House of Lords on Friday, 22 October, James Somerville-Meikle from the Catholic Union of Great Britain says we should challenge the Bill to show there’s a better way to care for people nearing the end of their lives. +++ We all remember the slogan. […]
October 7th, 2021 |
Assisted Suicide, Novena, Prayer
This month, October 2021, an ‘Assisted Dying’ Bill will receive its Second Reading, with full debate, in the House of Lords. If successful, it will enable terminally ill adults with less than six months to live, assistance to commit suicide. Pope Francis has said that, “Physician-assisted suicide is part of a ‘throwaway culture’ that offers […]
September 2nd, 2021 |
Assisted Suicide, Life Issues
The Bishop of Nottingham has spoken out against draft legislation which would legalise assisted suicide, warning that it would send the message that ‘some lives are not worth fighting for.’ In a short message via Youtube, Bishop Patrick McKinney made an impassioned plea for members of his diocese to speak out against the proposed changes […]
June 9th, 2021 |
Day For Life, End of Life, Life Issues
Sunday, 20 June 2021 Bishop John Sherrington, the Lead Bishop for Life Issues for the Church in England and Wales, has written to his brother bishops about this year’s Day for Life. Day for Life is an annual celebration of the intrinsic value and dignity of every human person from conception to natural death. Message […]
March 7th, 2020 |
Bishops, Southwark
Archbishop Peter Smith, Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark, died peacefully at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Chelsea, just before midnight on Friday, 6 March. In a letter to the clergy of the Archdiocese, Archbishop John Wilson wrote: “Archbishop Peter had received the sacraments and prayers of the Church and was visited in hospital by family and friends. […]
March 26th, 2019 |
Assisted Suicide, End of Life, Life Issues
Assisted Suicide Statement
July 24th, 2015 |
Day For Life
DFL Interview
May 6th, 2014 |
Life Issues
Nuncio’s Speech
May 6th, 2014 |
Life Issues
Nuncio’s Speech
April 4th, 2013 |
Bishops, Obituaries
Archbishop Emeritus of Southwark Archbishop Peter Smith died peacefully at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Chelsea, just before midnight on Friday, 6 March 2020. He had been diagnosed with cancer just a few weeks before. In a letter to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Southwark, Archbishop John Wilson wrote: “Archbishop Peter’s illness progressed very quickly following […]
November 15th, 2006 |
End of Life, Life Issues
The Nuffield Council’s Guidelines: ‘Deliberately ending life’
February 11th, 2024 |
Health and Social Care
Bishop Paul Mason, our Lead Bishop for Health and Social Care, offers this reflection on redemptive suffering and how we should establish relationships of ‘compassionate and loving closeness’ with those who are ill. Reflection for the 32nd World Day of the Sick This year’s World Day of the Sick coincides with the 40th anniversary of […]