Bishop Richard Moth Archives

UK bishops say it’s not sin to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Dec 7, 2020

Calling a vaccine the “most effective” way to stop COVID-19, England’s bishops say each person “has a duty to protect others from infection with its danger of serious illness, and for some, death.”

By Charles Collins

UK bishop says new encyclical on human fraternity can ‘transform the world’

Oct 5, 2020

Pope Francis is presenting the Church’s “consistent message” and is inviting individuals and nations to “slow down and to listen and to engage with our brothers and sisters,” says Bishop Richard Moth of Arundel and Brighton.

By Charles Collins

English bishops urge a ‘criteria of fairness’ when assessing care for COVID-19 patients

Apr 21, 2020

Human value is not a measure of “our mental or physical capacity, our societal function, our age, our health or of any other qualitative assessment,” said the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales in a statement about accessing healthcare during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

By Charles Collins

English bishop hopes pandemic cloud has silver lining for the environment

Apr 17, 2020

Echoing Pope Francis’s claim that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is an “opportunity for conversion” on ecological issues, several bishops in England have said the “new normal” after the pandemic can’t be business as usual.

By Charles Collins

English bishop calls for early release of prisoners during COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 30, 2020

England’s Catholic Church is calling on the UK government to release some prisoners to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

By Charles Collins

Bishop praises UK government for pledge to end ‘very short’ prison sentences

Jan 15, 2019

A proposal to end all custodial prison sentences of less than six months in England and Wales has been called “the right thing to do” by the Catholic bishop in charge of prison policy for the Church in England and Wales.

By Charles Collins

Bishop praises call for better mental health care in UK prisons

Nov 5, 2018

A Catholic bishop has thanked the British government for acknowledging the role chaplains play in the mental health of inmates in the country’s prison system.

By Charles Collins

English and Welsh bishops: ‘Moral and humanitarian’ need for prison reform

Oct 19, 2018

A new report on sentencing reform issued by the English and Welsh bishops has challenged the British government to reduce the country’s prison population.

By Charles Collins