As you will be aware the vote on the Assisted Dying Bill was taken in Parliament on Friday 29th November. You will also be aware that the Catholic church has asked all the faithful to contact their MPs to voice our concerns and objections to the Bill.
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Cardinal Nichols mobilizes Catholics against bill on assisted suicide.
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As the House of Commons begins to debate a new controversial bill on assisted dying, the head of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales (CBCEW) issues a Pastoral Letter urging the faithful to lobby MPs to oppose the changes.
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has warned that a new controversial bill on assisted dying could change medical duty of care into ‘duty to kill’.
The bill presented for discussion at the House of Commons on Wednesday by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater aims to allow eligible adults with a terminal illness to choose to end their lives and to protect their loved ones from the risk of prosecution. MPs voted on the issue at the bill’s second reading on 29th November.
In a pastoral letter issued ahead of the parliament’s debate which will continue for a number of months, the Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) urged Catholics to lobby their MPs to oppose the proposed changes in the law around assisted dying in England and Wales.
For more information see the Vaticn News website https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-10/cardinal-nichols-mobilizes-catholics-against-assisted-suicide.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewsletterVN-EN