Scotland’s Bishops Visit Westminster Earlier this week, all eight of Scotland’s Catholic bishops visited Westminster for a series of engagements; to enter dialogue and strengthen relationships with MPs and Peers from all parties, and to make representations on issues of ...
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Pictured (left to right): Anthony Horan, Director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office; Bob Doris MSP, SNP member for Maryhill and Springburn; James Bundy, Conservative Councillor, Falkirk Council; Sue Webber, Conservative member for Lothian Region, Archbishop Leo Cushley, Archbishop of St ...
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Archbishop distributes ashes at the Scottish Parliament Archbishop Leo Cushley led an Ash Wednesday Service in the Scottish Parliament for MSPs and staff yesterday. Since 2019, and with the support of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, Archbishop Cushley has led the ...
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Westminster Assisted Suicide Bill in Chaos as High Court Judge Safeguard Dropped During the second reading of her Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 29th November, Kim Leadbeater MP proudly proclaimed that the proposed law was the safest ...
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Scotland’s Catholic Bishops: Scottish Government’s laudable draft strategy on palliative care stands in stark contrast to dangerous assisted suicide proposal The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has responded positively to Scottish Government proposals for a new strategy on palliative care. In ...
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Catholic Bishops seek clarity from Scottish Government as they back plans to end two-child benefit cap The Catholic Bishops of Scotland have encouraged the Scottish Government to provide “more detail” over the promise announced in last week’s budget to end ...
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Last Friday, 29th November, MPs voted in favour of Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The Bill, which would legalise assisted suicide in England & Wales but will have a significant influence on a similar proposed law in ...
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Scotland’s Bishops meet First Minister at Bute House All eight of Scotland’s Catholic bishops met First Minister, John Swinney, at Bute House on Wednesday. The meeting is thought to be the first time all of Scotland’s Catholic bishops have been ...
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Welsh Parliament Votes Decisively to Reject Assisted Suicide The Welsh Parliament (Senedd) has voted decisively to reject a motion calling for Westminster to legalise assisted suicide. The motion, which called on the Senedd to ‘support the principles of assisted dying ...
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