Life Bishop on next steps to oppose the assisted suicide bill

Catholic News

Mar 20 2025 | 00:23:23

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Show Notes

For this Catholic News podcast, Archbishop-elect John Sherrington of Liverpool, Lead Bishop for Life Issues here at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, explains our objection to the proposed legislation passing through parliament seeking to legalise assisted suicide. Ahead of the Bill’s Third Reading and vote, likely to take place in late April or early May, Archbishop-elect Sherrington insists all is not lost and that there’s still time to contact your MP to ask them to oppose assisted suicide becoming law. In addition to our Bishops’ principled objection, there are many other compelling reasons why this Private Members’ […]

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