British Church to Shut Down Bioethics Office

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

The staff's "earnest hope" is that "some means may be found to continue to make available the resources that the center has generated."

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – One of the world’s leading Catholic bioethics agencies is shutting down at the end of the month. It was announced on Wednesday the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford is being closed by the Catholic Trust of England and Wales. It was established n 1977 and is the oldest bioethical research institution in the United Kingdom. Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney, Australia, called it “not just the premier Christian bioet…

Prominent Catholic bioethics center in Oxford, England, shuttered amid financial strain

An aerial view of Oxford, England, taken on Oct. 14, 2016. / Credit: Chensiyuan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2025 / 16:17 pm (CNA). A prominent Catholic bioethics center in Oxford, England, has shut down after ... [...]

Prominent Catholic bioethics center in Oxford shuttered amid financial strain

An aerial view of Oxford, England, taken on Oct. 14, 2016. / Credit: Chensiyuan via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2025 / 16:17 pm (CNA). A prominent Catholic bioethics center in Oxford, England, has shut down after nearly 50 years due to financial constraints, according to an announcement from its director, David Albert Jones. “It is with immense sadness we announce that staff have recently been informed of ‘the clos…

Prominent Catholic Bioethics Center in Oxford, England, Shuttered Amid Financial Strain

Chensiyuan An aerial view of Oxford, England, taken on Oct. 14, 2016. The Anscombe Bioethics Centre is an Oxford-based research institute dedicated to serving the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland through its promotion of research on bioethics.