Fifth Sunday in Lent

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+ Rt Rev Paul Swarbrick, Bishop of Lancaster’s Pastoral Letter on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for Fifth Sunday of Lent

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I wish to speak with you today about the process in which our Parliament is currently considering legalising assisted suicide through the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. As I have made clear earlier in this debate, as Catholics we have maintained a principled objection to this change in law recognising that every human life is sacred, coming as a gift of God and bearing a God-given dignity. We are, therefore, clearly opposed to this Bill in principle, elevating, as it does, the autonomy of the individual above all other considerations…..

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Daily Prayers Lent 5