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Archbishop Denounces Return of Euthanasia Bill

Catholic leaders in the United Kingdom are speaking out against the Starmer government's effort to reintroduce the failed assisted suicide bill in Parliament.

In a statement, Archbishop John Sherrington expressed is concern that the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is set to return to Parliament this autumn after facing significant backlash upon introduction.

“I am deeply disappointed that the previously unsuccessful Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is being reintroduced in the House of Commons,” stated Sherrington.

“The recent debate about this Bill showed how many people found the proposed legislation, even if they accepted it in principle, to be flawed and full of unresolved matters. The Catholic Church opposes this Bill in principle and joins with many other people of faith and none in arguing that we should not cross this watershed.”

If enacted, the legislation would permit terminally ill adults with a life expectancy of six months or less to request medical assistance to commit suicide.

Archbishop Sherrington, who serves as lead bishop for life issues for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, expanded upon the radical nature of the bill, including the moral implications on healthcare providers.

“The Bill undermines freedom of conscience for medical professionals and care workers. It also requires care homes and hospices to participate in assisted suicide, threatening not only their future existence but also the wellbeing of their more vulnerable staff.”

Guilty of Murder of Mother and Unborn Child

A man has pleaded guilty to both murder and child destruction after killing a heavily pregnant woman in Northern Ireland.

Sarah Montgomery, 27, and her unborn child were murdered in 2025. She was the mother of two young girls and had already chosen the name Liam Arthur for their new little brother.

Her murderer, Zak Hughes, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the judge, Madam Justice McBride.

A vigil was held for Sarah last year, where she was described as a “lovely” person, who “lived for her two girls who were so excited to have a baby brother join their little family in August”.

The officiator at Sarah’s funeral service said: “Sarah was so looking forward to being a mummy also to her baby, Liam Arthur. It is an utter tragedy that none of us has had, or ever will have, the chance to know him, to see him as a little boy or grown into a young man”.

She added: “Sarah and Liam Arthur and his sisters should have a future ahead of them, but that future has been brutally and unjustly snatched away from them, and from their family and friends.”

Head of Communications at the Christian Institute, Angus Saul, branded the attack “horrific”, but noted that the sentencing highlights a glaring inconsistency in the law.

“This case is a tragedy, but we can give thanks that the killer is finally being brought to justice for both of the lives he destroyed.

“However, this highlights a stark contradiction in our justice system. Earlier this year, the House of Lords voted to decriminalise women in England and Wales who kill their unborn babies at any stage of pregnancy. This means if a woman has had an abortion at the same stage of pregnancy, she would have faced no sanction whatsoever.

“So ‘child destruction’ is deemed acceptable and unpunishable if it is the mother herself who kills her unborn child.

“The unborn deserve protection, and yet politicians have been stripping this away, even when the perpetrator is the person who should have loved them the most.”