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The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

The Roman Catholic Bishops in Scotland work together to undertake nationwide initiatives through their Commissions and Agencies.

The members of the Bishops' Conference are the Bishops of the eight Scottish Dioceses. Where appropriate the Bishops Emeriti (retired) provide a much welcomed contribution to the work of the conference. The Bishops' Conference of Scotland is a permanently constituted assembly which meets regularly throughout the year to address relevant business matters.

Members of The Bishops' Conference of Scotland

EVENTS

Westminster debate and vote on Assisted Dying – Friday 29th November.

The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and the Catholic Parliamentary Office have commissioned this short documentary. Please WATCH & SHARE with friends, family, and particularly your local MP and MSPs.


"Do No Harm” is a short documentary which highlights some of the grave concerns around proposals to legalise assisted dying in the UK and Scottish Parliaments.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi3S2yp3hjY

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1029444718?share=copy

Please remember to share the documentary with family and friends, and on social media, and please use the hashtags #DoNoHarm and #RaiseYourVoice

Read the joint Statement from the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, and Scotland on Assisted Suicide: AS-Plenary-2024-Statement-FINAL.pdf

BISHOPS RELEASE STATEMENT ON FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION AND JUST TRANSITION


fossil fuels statementThe Bishops’ Conference of Scotland (BCOS) have released a statement encouraging world leaders to agree to and establish a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, committing all nations to a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels. The statement, which is released to mark the COP29 climate summit taking place in Azerbaijan from 11th – 22nd November, calls on Scotland to play its role in realising the common good by participating in a swift transition away from fossil fuels to protect people and our planet, both now and in the future, from further global warming caused by fossil fuel extraction. Crucially, in recognising the workers and communities in Scotland who rely on fossil fuel industries for their livelihood, the statement emphasises that any such transition must have justice at its core and ensure that no one is left behind, particularly those currently employed in this sector who must be ensured secure work in the move towards renewables. The full text of the statement can be downloaded here.

News from the Commissions and Agencies

November 2024
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-11/pope-letter-ukrainian-student-1-000-days-war-suffering-love-pain.html


Pope Francis reads aloud a letter sent to him by a Ukrainian student to mark the 1,000th day of the war in the country. “When you speak of our ...
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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-11/pope-interreligius-dialogue-colloquium-dicastery-iran-peace.html


Pope Francis addresses participants in a Joint Colloquium between the Dicastery for Interreligious dialogue and the Iranian “Centre for Interreligious ...
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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-11/several-cities-to-light-up-in-red-for-persecuted-christians.html


Prominent buildings in several cities across the world will turn red on 20 November to mark Red Wednesday, Aid to the Church in Need’s annual campaign ...
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🧑‍🏫 Calling all teachers!

🌱 Is your school a Laudato Si School?

👕 Did you know that we offer "The Journey of a Cotton T-Shirt", a workshop exploring the environmental and human rights concerns of the fashion industry? We can travel across Scotland and our inputs can be tailored to suit senior Primary pupils all the way up to S6 or can be offered as a staff CLPL session.

📩Drop us a message to find out more and to book for 2025!

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Prayers for Ukraine and peace continue after 1000 days 🙏
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📰 In case you missed it last week, read more below about the Bishops' Conference of Scotland statement on the need for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty accompanied by a just and equitable transition, released to mark COP29. 👇


The Bishops' Conference of Scotland (BCOS) have released a statement encouraging world leaders to agree to and establish a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, committing all nations to a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels. The statement, which is released to mark ...

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Abortion law review group is a sham says Bishop Keenan
The group set up to recommend changes to abortion laws principally consists of pro-decriminalisation campaigners
Recently, I’ve hoped that the trust Scots had in our parliament could recover from the doldrums in which it languishes. Last year’s Scottish Social Attitudes Survey found trust in the Scottish government at its lowest level since devolution, with less than half of us trusting it to act in our best interests. But discovering the identity of the members chosen by the government for its supposedly independent abortion law review expert working group, tasked with recommending possible changes to abortion laws, has dealt my hopes a blow.
Of 13 members, six are abortion providers or practitioners and 10 have already expressed a view in favour or represent organisations that support decriminalisation of abortion. None represent a pro-life constituency or organisation. In terms of membership alone, the “expert group” lacks both credibility and legitimacy.
Its terms of reference expect members to be “respectful of all views and opinions expressed within the group” and yet, before a ball is kicked, as it were, it has censored any contradictory views and opinions, of which there are many, questioning the current liberality of our abortion laws.
Right off the bat, the expert group has established a “non-regression principle”, ensuring that their discussions and advice to the government will countenance no reduction in time limits or grounds for abortion, no matter what evidence is presented. The norm in Europe is a 12-week limit and Britain’s 24 weeks is now beyond the stage of viability. Increasingly, babies born before 24 weeks will survive.
Solid medical consensus holds that a unique human life begins at conception and a decent constituency of Scottish citizens concurs with the Catholic Church that this human life merits some social respect and legal protection at some point in the womb. Many Scots raise an eyebrow at the description of abortion as healthcare, when that abortion sadly ends another human life with all its potential.
These reasonable positions merit a hearing in any expert group which the government has set up and on which it intends to depend. Yet the government has ensured that the group’s report will commend decriminalisation, effectively allowing the right to abortion for any reason up until birth. The set-up of this expert group will no doubt upset pro-lifers who already see it as a sham, but it will do more than that. It will be another nail in the coffin of the trust Scottish citizens once placed in government to treat them fairly, and of its claim to act with integrity.


Bishop John Keenan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley has condemned a “supposedly independent abortion law review” into Scotland’s abortion law for excluding all pro-life representation.

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📢 Join us this Saturday and Sunday for another Justice & Peace Scotland Solidarity Weekend.

Saturday 23rd Nov: National Demonstration organised by Glasgow Stop the War Coalition.
🚫Stop All Arms Sales to Israel
🕦11.30am
📍McLennan Arch, Glasgow Green
🪧J&P Scotland supporters are asked to meet at the Doulton Fountain at 11.15am to walk together with our banner.

Sunday 24th November: Dungavel Solidarity Gathering
🤍Dignity Not Detention
🕐1 pm
📍Dungavel IRC, Strathaven, ML10 6RF
This event will follow the format of a two-minute silence to show solidarity with those detained in the facility, followed by some short speeches and readings. There will also be an opportunity to hand in cards and some biscuits and sweets for those in the centre. A warm welcome is extended to any groups or individuals who wish to attend.



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At his weekly Angelus address, Pope Francis says that, in Christ, we shall one day find again the things and people who have passed away ... we will ...
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