Legal euthanasia could lead to close of Catholic nursing homes: Cardinal Nichols
June 19, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has warned that Catholic nursing homes and hospices could be forced to close if legislation allowing euthanasia becomes law.
In a joint statement with Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool, the pro-life spokesman for the episcopal conference, the cardinal said that “a right to assisted suicide...is highly likely to become a duty on care homes and hospices to facilitate it.” Parliament rejected an amendment to the euthanasia bill that would have allowed institutions to refrain from cooperation with assisted suicide.
Catholic facilities for the elderly would be required to “withdraw from care” if the legislation requires cooperation with suicide, the prelates said.
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