The Bishop of Shrewsbury in his Christmas homily is to warn against renewed attempts to change the law to allow doctors to help their patients to commit suicide. 

The Rt Rev. Mark Davies will address at Midnight Mass how the Christian values of mercy and compassion should not be distorted to drive forward a “deadly agenda” that is at odds with the Christian moral inheritance. 

Bishop Davies will say it is “especially sinister” that the euthanasia lobby should exploit the Christmas season to contradict Christian morality.