Charles Collins

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – In Scotland, the bishops’ conference has submitted evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care and Sport Committee on a proposal to legalize assisted suicide.

A leading Catholic international aid agency says escalating violence is forcing more of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to flee to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where camps are already overwhelmed.

A mosaic by ex-Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik is seen on the main facade of the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs, in Rome Friday, June 28, 2024. Several women have accused him of psychologically, spiritually and sexually abusing them. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, home secretary. (Credit: Associated Press.)

Trawler TN-20 ‘Sea Lady’ moored at Portsmouth in a file photo. (Credit: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0/Clive G.)

A group of Kurdish migrants from Iran and Iraq who failed in their attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat walk back to the town of Ambleteuse, northern France, on Sunday, May 19, 2024, after being discovered by the police. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.)

In this file photo, a visitor waves China's flag as Pope Francis leads his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 22, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Bishop Kevin Doran of Ireland emphasized abuse victims “have the right to tell their story” after the publication of a report looking at sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders in the country.

A Catholic bishop in England is warning The legalization of assisted suicide “undermines the sanctity and dignity of human life.”

The UK's “Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill” – which seeks to legalize assisted suicide – will soon be discussed in the House of Lords. Bishop John Sherrington, the bishop with responsibility for life issues in England and Wales, has warned that the legalization of assisted suicide “undermines the sanctity and dignity of human life.”