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Simon Caldwell writes for OSV News from Liverpool.

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Demonstrators against assisted dying react in front of the Houses of Parliament in London Sept. 11, 2026, as U.K. lawmakers voted 286-270 to reject a bill that would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives. (OSV News photo/Jack Taylor, Reuters)

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Life advocates welcome defeat of assisted suicide bill in England and Wales

Simon Caldwell|Sep 14, 2026|4 Min Read

President Nelson Mandela walks with Britain's Duchess of Kent during a news conference at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, in this archival Reuters file photo. Remembered for her passion for charity, teaching music and unwavering humility, Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, died Sept. 4, 2025, at age 92. She was the first British royal to join the Catholic faith since 1685. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

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Duchess of Kent, a royal who chose faith and service, dies at 92

Simon Caldwell|Sep 8, 2025|5 Min Read

A file photo shows a sign with a crucifix and rosary during a pro-life demonstration outside the Irish Parliament in Dublin. Statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland showed that abortions in Ireland spiked in the space of just five years. (OSV News/Cathal McNaughton, Reuters)

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Ireland's abortion rates up 62% over 5 years; Catholic advocates call it 'a tragedy'

Simon Caldwell|Jul 24, 2025|4 Min Read

More than 7,000 people take to the streets of London for the annual March for Life Sept. 2, 2023. (OSV News photo/courtesy ADF UK)

Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, government figures reveal

Simon Caldwell|Jul 14, 2025|4 Min Read

The city of Oxford, England, is seen in a June 16, 2023, photo. The Oxford-based Anscombe Bioethics Center, which serves the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, will close on July 31, 2025, "on financial grounds", according to a July 2 statement sent by email to Our Sunday Visitor and posted online. (OSV News photo/Toby Melville, Reuters)

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As iconic British Catholic bioethics center closes, fellow academics dub move a 'tragedy'

Simon Caldwell|Jul 3, 2025|4 Min Read

A bird walks near the Houses of Parliament in London April 12, 2025. The House of Commons passed the bill 314 to 291, a majority of just 23 votes, on June 20. The measure now proceeds to a debate and vote in the House of Lords. (OSV News photo/Carlos Jasso, Reuters)

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UK Parliament's lower house OKs assisted suicide bill; measure heads to upper house

Simon Caldwell|Jun 20, 2025|4 Min Read

This is an aerial view of the Houses of Parliament in London July 11, 2019. Members of British Parliament voted overwhelmingly June 17, 2025, in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth. (OSV News photo/Kieran Doherty, Reuters)

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British Parliament 'effectively decriminalizes' abortion up to birth

Simon Caldwell|Jun 18, 2025|4 Min Read

Heidi Crowter, who has Down syndrome, speaks outside the High Court in London July 6, 2021, ahead of a case to challenge the Down syndrome abortion laws. (OSV News photo/Hannah McKay, Reuters)

Abortions of unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome up 82% in Scotland

Simon Caldwell|May 29, 2025|3 Min Read

People celebrate outside the Supreme Court in London April 16, 2025, as the court rules on an appeal by For Women Scotland. The court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government. (OSV News photo/Maja Smiejkowska, Reuters)

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Bishop welcomes the UK Supreme Court's ruling: Women are defined solely by biological sex

Simon Caldwell|Apr 17, 2025|4 Min Read

Protestors holds a placard outside Parliament as British lawmakers debate the assisted dying law in London Nov. 29, 2024. Britain's lawmakers voted Nov. 29 to legalize assisted suicide for the terminal ill in England and Wales, despite opposition from Britain's Catholic bishops and other faith groups. (OSV News photo/Mina Kim, Reuters)

Catholic bishops decry British end of life vote: 'May God help us'

Simon Caldwell|Nov 29, 2024|4 Min Read

Cardinal Vincent Gerald Nichols of Britain poses before a news conference at the British college in downtown Rome February 24, 2014. Cardinal Nichols has called for Catholics in England and Wales to join him and their bishops to pause for an hour Nov. 13, 2024 to pray for the dignity of human life ahead of the late November assisted suicide vote in the U.K. (OSV News photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

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British bishops will pray in front of Blessed Sacrament ahead of assisted suicide vote

Simon Caldwell|Nov 12, 2024|2 Min Read

A file photo shows the Chaldean Church of St. Paul in Mosul, Iraq, illuminated with red light in protest against the persecution of Christians around the world. (OSV News photo/Khalid Al-Mousily, Reuters)

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Christian persecution is increasing dramatically around the globe, report says

Simon Caldwell|Oct 29, 2024|4 Min Read

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