Cardinal Nichols, in pastoral letter, denounces assisted-suicide bill
April 02, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has issued a pastoral letter encouraging Catholics in the United Kingdom to contact their representatives in Parliament, urging opposition to a bill that would make assisted-suicide legal.
In the letter—which will be read as all parishes in the diocese this weekend—the cardinal makes a special point of saying that Parliament has moved hastily toward approval of a bill “which has not been properly scrutinized and which will bring about damaging consequences.”
“It is sad reflection on Parliament’s priorities that the House of Commons spent far more time debating the ban on fox hunting than it is spending debating bringing in assisted suicide,” the cardinal writes.
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