Archives for October 2024

Assisted suicide: the Catholic position

Saturday 12 October 2024

On Wednesday 16 October, the House of Commons heard the first reading of a new Bill on assisted suicide tabled by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater; the second reading is to be on Friday 29 November. The Bill is supported by a number of well-known figures but is not supported by the Church’s teaching, which has […]

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.