The death of Sir David Amess MP diminishes us all: his family and friends, his constituency, his party, British politics. But it is also a loss to the Church. Sir David was a Catholic who took his faith seriously and brought it into public life. He was a disinterested public servant, a champion of his constituents, a supporter of a number of charities and causes and a devoted and tireless campaigner for pro-life issues. He voted against liberalisation of abortion and against the promotion of assisted suicide. And he was pro-life in the fullest sense, in that he cared about the position of the vulnerable and disadvantaged at home and abroad as well as the beginning and end of human life. He was a lovely man. Requiescat in pace.