New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester June 29, 2026. UK bishops welcomed the new Catholic prime minister’s approach to palliative care as Catholic charities urged him to turn to his faith to support the poor and to take action on the climate crisis. Photo: OSV News/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters. With the threat of legal assisted suicide looming larger every day in the UK, the president of the Scottish bishops’ conference has appealed to Catholics to contact their MPs to try and stop the bill. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is scheduled for a vote in the House of Commons on September…
