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My thoughts on the decision facing MPs on Friday #AssistedDyingBill

Message to MPs from BishopSarah - "If you have serious doubts, don't assume they will be addressed at the later stages. I urge you to simply vote against the Bill on Friday." #AssistedDyingBill #assisted

An honour to be at the launch of this report under this picture of Wilberforce in the Commons. No was more persistent for so long in the cause of justice. #Forbmatters for everyone, everywhere

'I note that the Cornish do not take kindly to being called English' , the Bishop of Winchester tells the House of Lords, asking if Cornish identity wll be recognised by the Council of the Nations & Regions. Philip Mounstephen is a former Bishop of Truro. (thanks Catherine Pepinster for HT)

Press mounts on govt to appoint a special envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief as Sir Jeremy Hunt MP voices concern the govt is 'deprioritising' the issue and Bishop Philip Mounstephen says govt assurances are 'wearing thin' #RedWednesday #FoRB churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/…

Times Leader today: why MPs should vote down the assisted suicide Bill -“rushed..wholly lacking in caution..flippant & ad hoc reasoning behind this most important of Bills condemns it” Keir Starmer Shabana Mahmood MP 💙Rachael Maskell MP Frank Cottrell-Boyce House of Commons Speaker Sir Edward Leigh MP

Very pleased to be there too:

This in itself is reason enough to vote against:

This is excellent news…

Knowing the author I’m sure this is well worth reading: do download it

Congratulations to my friend & colleague David! He has broad shoulders, and a generous heart; deep intuition and deep faith. I'm sure he will be a great blessing to Cornwall and take it to his heart. And Cornwall will take him to its generous heart too winchester.anglican.org/press-release-…

I look forward to contributing to a debate on this pressing issue in House of Lords next Thursday Church of England in Parliament

I very welcome this appointment - both of the role being filled - and of it being filled by David Smith MP 🌹

Bishop Philip Mounstephen from Diocese of Winchester tells us what shining our lights means to him. Find out more about Shine Your Light here: shineyourlight.org.uk #SYL2024

My story for the Christmas Church Times : campaigners finally get to welcome a new UK religious freedom envoy David Smith MP 🌹 churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/… Philip Mounstephen Mervyn Thomas CMG CSW_UK Lord (David) Alton Henrietta Blyth Open Doors UK Hannah Rich

Protests in Damascus in solidarity with Christians of Al-Suqaylabiyah, outside of Hama, after their Christmas Tree is burned down by extremists reportedly part of HTS. Pray for Christians & all the people of Syria who seek freedom to follow their religious beliefs this

A very Happy Christmas to all in ⁦Diocese of Winchester⁩ and beyond: ‘For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.’

Andrew has been an excellent Are Dean of Alton and parish priest and will be a great blessing to our Cathedral too. And we shall do our level best to find an excellent successor in Alton.

In a refreshing display of solidarity with the Uyghur people, two Anglican bishops, Bishop of Winchester Philip Mounstephen and Bishop of Guilford Andrew Watson, have explicitly condemned the CCP's genocide of the Uyghurs. For further information, please see the Church Times

The Bishop of Winchester, Philip Mounstephen, has spoken of the 'very concerning rise' in the denial of freedom of religion or belief around the world, at the House of Commons launch of the Open Doors UK World Watch List 2025 today.