Bishop Michael Evans of East Anglia has told Catholics in his diocese that he has only weeks to live, but that he will continue as their bishop until the end.
In a letter read at Mass in churches across the diocese on Sunday the bishop, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer five years ago, said: “In the last few weeks, the cancer has rather quickly taken control. My oncology and palliative care consultants informed me openly and honestly just before Christmas that I now probably have only weeks to live, and I am as prepared for that as I can be, accepting it with faith as a gift of God’s grace.”
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