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by bcadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, euthanasia, Great Britain, lead, News, Physician-assisted suicide, UK Parliament, United Kingdom | 0 |
Ahead of a debate on medically-assisted suicide in the UK’s House of Lords, the English bishop in charge of pro-life issues says the proposal would “skew the meaning of medicine.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, News, United Kingdom | 0 |
English and Welsh Catholic bishops expressed relief after members of the House of Commons withdrew proposals to legalize abortion on demand up to birth and to make it a crime to protest outside an abortion clinic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 20, 2021 | bioethics, Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, End-of-life issues, Great Britain, lead, News, Pippa Knight, United Kingdom | 0 |
A decision to allow a 5-year-old child to die against the wishes of her mother “does not acknowledge or afford her the inherent human dignity with which she was born,” according to the English bishops’ conference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2021 | Anscombe Bioethics Centre, bioethics, Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, End-of-life issues, Great Britain, News, Poland, second, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |
Catholic leaders have asked the UK government to allow Poland to care for a comatose patient that is having life-sustaining nutrition withdrawn at a hospital located within the Plymouth diocese.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 9, 2021 | Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Diocese of Westminster, England, lead, Lockdowns, London, News | 0 |
A spokesman for the Diocese of Westminster insists Catholic churches are safe in the British capital after the Mayor of London called for the closure of places of worship in the city.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Abortion, Abortion law, Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, News, the pro-life movement, UK government, UK Parliament, unborn | 0 |
A proposed amendment to the Domestic Abuse Bill would lead to abortion on demand until the 28th week of pregnancy in England and Wales, according to pro-life leaders.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2020 | Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence, Great Britain, News, United Kingdom, violence against women | 0 |
England’s bishops are urging parish communities to be on the lookout for domestic abuse, after a spike in cases has been reported by a leading charity.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 21, 2020 | Anscombe Bioethics Centre, bioethics, Bishop John Sherrington, Bishop Paul Mason, Bishop Richard Moth, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Great Britain, Healthcare, lead, News, NHS, United Kingdom | 0 |
Human value is not a measure of “our mental or physical capacity, our societal function, our age, our health or of any other qualitative assessment,” said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in a statement about accessing healthcare during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 31, 2020 | Abortion, Abortion law, Bishop John Sherrington, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland, COVID-19, Great Britain, News, UK government, United Kingdom | 0 |
The English bishops have expressed their shock at an emergency policy to allow “do-it-yourself abortions” during the coronavirus pandemic.
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