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Euthanasia United Kingdom

Cardinal warns of care home, hospice closures if assisted suicide bill passes

Dozens of British Catholic hospices and care homes could be forced to close if MPs vote in favour of assisted suicide on Friday, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said. Source: Catholic Herald.

Abortion United Kingdom

British bishops ‘deeply alarmed’ by vote to decriminalise abortion

Catholic bishops are “deeply alarmed” by the British House of Commons vote yesterday to decriminalise abortion, Liverpool Archbishop John Sherrington said. Source: The Tablet.

Euthanasia United Kingdom

UK Government criticised for focusing on financial aspects of euthanasia bill

Bioethicists in the United Kingdom have severely criticised a “truly sinister” Government impact assessment of the nation’s assisted suicide Bill for focusing on the money that might be saved from doctors helping patients to kill themselves. Source: The Catholic Herald.

United Kingdom

Archbishop of Liverpool calls for prayers for victims of car ramming

The incident where a man drove his car into crowds in the English city of Liverpool, injuring 65 people, was “tragic and appalling,” according to the city’s new archbishop. Source: Crux.

United Kingdom

UK bishop condemns government’s euthanasia impact statement

A Church of England bishop has warned that the British Government’s impact assessment on the bill to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales makes for “chilling reading”. Source: The Tablet.

Euthanasia United Kingdom

Euthanasia safeguards in Australia ‘have been eroded’

A leading bioethicist has used Australia as a case study to warn against the “slippery slope” of euthanasia as the assisted dying bill prepares to have its third hearing in the British Parliament. Source: The Tablet.

United Kingdom

Catholics now outnumber Anglicans among Generation Z in UK

A new study has found that among members of Generation Z in the United Kingdom, Catholics now outnumber Anglicans 2 to 1. Source: CNA.

Euthanasia United Kingdom

British cardinal says proposed legalisation on assisted suicide ‘deeply flawed’

As the British Parliament prepares to have its final vote on legalising assisted suicide, Cardinal Vincent Nichols noted the “deeply flawed process undergone” in pushing the legislation. Source: Crux.

Pope Francis United Kingdom

King Charles postpones visit to Vatican, sends Pope best wishes for recovery

King Charles and Queen Camilla have postponed their visit to the Vatican on the advice of Pope Francis’ doctors, who say the Pope needs more rest time following his recent illness. Source: CNA.