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Bishops’ statements on Assisted Suicide Bill

Saturday 30 November 2024

Both the Bishops’ Conference and Bishop Richard Moth have issued statements on the passing of the Second Reading of the Assisted Suicide Bill.

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Catholic Bishops unite in compassionate action to oppose Bill on assisted suicide

Friday 15 November 2024

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales and the Catholic Bishops of Scotland have united ahead of the Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. In their joint statement, the bishops explain exactly what ‘compassion’ means at the end of life — caring for and accompanying people, particularly during times […]

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Assisted suicide

Saturday 12 October 2024

On Wednesday 16 October, the House of Commons will hear the first reading of a new Bill on assisted suicide. The Catholic Church teaches that life is a gift to be cherished and cared for at all stages until natural death and that it is morally wrong to intentionally end one’s own life or that of another person, including at their request.

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Our Lady of Walsingham now a Feast in England

Friday 12 July 2024

Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the DDW, wrote to Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference, granting permission for Our Lady of Walsingham to be celebrated as a new Feast in the dioceses of England, starting this year on 24 September.

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Cardinal Fernández giving his homily © Mazur/CBCEW

Cardinal Fernández’s Homily

Wednesday 26 June 2024

The text of the homily which Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez gave at the Consecration in Westminster Cathedral on 22 June.

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Bishop David Waller (centre) with Fr Andrew Starkie (left) and Fr David Lashbrooke

Consecration of a new Bishop

Saturday 22 June 2024

The Rt Revd David Waller was consecrated Bishop and appointed Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in a service at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday 22 June 2024.

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