Summary of Bishop's Conference meeting in Leeds

At their biannual meeting held in Leeds last week, The Catholic Bishops’ of England and Wales discussed and formulated a response to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Consultation on Assisted Suicide; reflected on the pilgrimage of the relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux; warmly received the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus and established a Commission to consider in detail the next steps in this process in England and Wales; gave their full backing to the launch of ‘Friends of the Holy Land’, a new charity designed to foster closer parish links with the Holy Land and completed voting on the new English Translation of the Roman Missal.

To read a detailed report of the conference, see: www.catholicchurch.org.uk/ccb/catholic_church/media_centre/press_releases/press_releases_2009/catholic_bishops_conference_of_england_and_wales_leeds_meeting_november_2009


Source: CCN