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UK lawmakers formally propose ‘Amess amendment’ on last rites to bill
October 26, 2021
London, England, Oct 26, 2021 / 04:30 am U.K. lawmakers have formally proposed an “Amess amendment” to a bill going through Parliament seeking to guarantee that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes. The amendment, known as 292E, to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, was proposed by four members of the House
Labour MP proposes adding ‘Amess amendment’ on last rites to bill
October 22, 2021
London, England, Oct 21, 2021 / 14:00 pm A Labour MP has proposed adding an “Amess amendment” to a bill going through Parliament ensuring that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes. Mike Kane, a Labour Member of Parliament, is seeking to add the amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill,
Catholic MP’s senseless killing must not be in vain
October 21, 2021
The death of Sir David Amess MP diminishes us all: his family and friends, his constituency, his party, British politics. But it is also a loss to the Church. Sir David was a Catholic who took his faith seriously and brought it into public life. He was a disinterested public servant, a champion of his
Sir David Amess death: Catholic bishop calls for last rites to be recognized as ‘emergency service’
October 20, 2021
Shrewsbury, England, Oct 19, 2021 / 05:55 am A Catholic bishop called on Tuesday for greater recognition of the last rites as an “emergency service” in the wake of the killing of British lawmaker Sir David Amess. Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, western England, made the appeal on Oct. 19 after police reportedly turned away a priest
Swiss bishop: no last rites for those seeking assisted suicide
December 08, 2016
The number of euthanasia deaths in Switzerland rose by a third last year
No last rites for Catholics who seek assisted suicide, says archbishop
February 26, 2016
Those seeking to end their lives lack 'the proper disposition for the anointing of the sick'
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