Significant Majority of Detailed Responses to Scottish Parliament Committee Oppose Assisted Suicide A significant majority of detailed responses to the Scottish Parliament Health Committee’s call for views are opposed to assisted suicide. Official figures released by the committee reveal that ...
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Assisted Suicide: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland submits evidence to committee The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland has submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on a proposal to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland. You can read ...
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Scotland’s Bishops celebrate Mass in Scottish Parliament On Wednesday 19th June, Scotland’s bishops led the celebration of Mass in the Scottish Parliament. It is only the second time in the history of the Scottish Parliament that Mass has been celebrated ...
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Bishops urge Catholics to reject ‘dangerous’ assisted suicide proposal In a pastoral letter addressed to all Scotland’s Catholics, the bishops of Scotland have asked them to urge MSPs to reject a proposed new law to legalise assisted suicide. The letter ...
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Scottish Catholic Church condemns violent, abusive, coercive conversion practices but fears government proposals go too far The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, in its consultation response to the Scottish Government’s ‘Ending Conversion Practices in Scotland’ consultation, has condemned violent, abusive and ...
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Ordination of new Bishop of Galloway The Episcopal Ordination Mass of Fr Frank Dougan as the ninth Bishop of Galloway will take place on Saturday 9th March at the parish of St Peter in Chains, Ardrossan at 11,00am. Fr. ...
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Pope Francis has nominated Fr. Martin Chambers as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Dunkeld, succeeding Bishop Stephen Robson, who retired due to health reasons.
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Pope Francis appoints new Bishop of Galloway At 12 noon today (22 December 2023) in Rome (11am GMT) it was announced, that Pope Francis had nominated Fr. Frank Dougan as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Galloway. He will ...
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New! ‘Catholic Families for Life’ Newsletter The recently established Bishops’ Conference Marriage, Family & Life Office has published the first ever issue of its Catholic Families for Life newsletter. You can read the newsletter, below.
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Bishops to visit UK Parliament with Moderator Members of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland will visit Westminster this week, on Wednesday 22 November, where they will join the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, in a ...
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