My brothers and sisters, This Wednesday, 16 October 2024, a bill will be introduced to Parliament proposing a change in the law to permit assisted suicide. The debate will continue for a number of months, in society and in Parliament, before a…
Contact your MP now! Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops' Conference and Archbishop of Westminster, has issued a pastoral letter on assisted suicide that will be read in the churches of his diocese on the weekend of 12-13 October.…
In meetings with students and other ministry-based organisations I feel there is a consensus that the Church’s primary role is larger and broader than as a political campaigner or pressure group. This perspective aligns with the passion…
Dear Friends, sometimes we can find the heart and the words with which to pray, but there are other times when, in the words of the Book of Lamentation, and echoing Isaiah’s cry for justice tempered with mercy all we can do is put our mouths to…
The name of St Thérèse of Lisieux is almost synonymous with her well-known ‘Little Way of Spiritual Childhood’. To many, this could only sound sentimental. However, to those who explore this ‘way’ soon find that Thérèse had understood…