November’s ‘At the Foot of the Cross’ podcast consists of four episcopal audio interventions giving a flavour of the Bishops’ 2025 autumn plenary meeting. We also catch up with Fleur Dorrell, our Biblical Apostolate Manager, to look at what Scripture says about death and dying. Read more or listen below.
The Most Reverend Mark O’Toole, Archbishop of Cardiff-Menevia is calling on Catholics and people of goodwill living in Wales to write to their member of the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, to oppose assisted suicide. Members of the Senedd will be asked to decide whether Wales should give its consent to Westminster’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — a law that would legalise assisted suicide. Read more.
Ahead of his installation on Saturday 29 November, Bishop Nicholas Hudson speaks to us about his new appointment as the Catholic Bishop of Plymouth. With the installation date fast approaching, Bishop Hudson explains how he is looking forward to his new ministry. Read more.
Guidance to help you write to a Peer to oppose the Bill seeking to legalise assisted suicide as it passes through the House of Lords. Unlike MPs, Members of the House of Lords do not have constituents, meaning there is not a Peer whose job it is to represent you based on the area of the country in which you live. For this reason you should take some time to think about which Peer you will write to and why – such as whether you have a personal or professional connection with them, or you have professional expertise in medicine or healthcare. We also suggest three key points that can be emphasised in your letter to a Peer.
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman, the most recently canonised saint from England and Wales, the 38th Doctor of the Church.
We have a useful section of articles explaining exactly what a ‘Doctor of the Church’ is and why Saint John Henry Newman’s teaching and wisdom not only resonated with his contemporaries, but still illuminates, instructs and inspires us today. Articles available:
What is a Doctor of the Church?, Faith, Reason, Conscience and Truth, Development of Doctrine, Sensus fidelium: Newman and the people of God, Education: Moral and intellectual ‘under one roof’, Scripture, the Fathers and Ecumenism, and Newman and Ecclesiology.
The Department for Social Justice of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has published a document on taxation called Render Unto Caesar. It offers perspectives on taxation from Catholic social thought and teaching. Read more.
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