Archives for October 2024

Assisted suicide: the Catholic position

Saturday 12 October 2024

On Wednesday 16 October, the House of Commons will hear the first reading of a new Bill on assisted suicide tabled by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater; the timing of the Bill makes it very likely that MPs will have a vote on assisted suicide before Christmas this year. The Bill is supported by a number […]

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.