Catholic Church Warns Assisted Suicide Bill in Britain Would Damage Hospice Care

Archbishops: Assisted suicide bill will be death knell for hospices in England

Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop John Sherrington warn that the future of Catholic hospices and care facilities is in doubt if Parliament passes the End of Life Bill.

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Archbishops: Assisted suicide bill will be death knell for hospices, care homes in England

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, England (left), and Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA; SimeonMarcel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dublin, Ireland, Jun 19, 2025 / 13:32 pm (CNA). Tw... [...]

Archbishops: Assisted Suicide Bill Will Be Death Knell for Hospices, Care Homes in England

The statement also addressed the damage this bill may do to the relationship that Catholic care facilities have with their local communities.

Catholic Church warns assisted suicide Bill in Britain would damage hospice care

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In Britain, the Catholic Church is warning the proposed law to legalize assisted suicide will damage the rights of care homes and hospices to protect the lives of their patients. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is fast approaching its decisive vote in the House of Commons. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are currently illegal under English, Welsh, and Northern Irish law and is consi…