Decrees, Statements, Letters, Briefs
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) releases numerous official documents every year. Some are under the form of decrees, while others are public statements, pastoral letters, or briefs. Only a few documents published before 1996 are available online.
Message for Easter 2017 by CCCB President
Friday, March 31 2017
At the Easter Vigil, we celebrate the light of Christ which we carry, filled with hope, into a world of darkness and uncertainty. In the shadow of the Sainte-Foy massacre this past February, with tensions escalating between nuclear powers and refugees on the move, the invocation of hope seems premature…
Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from CCCB President Bishop Douglas Crosby
Friday, March 10 2017
Prime Minister, On 8 March 2017 the Government of Canada announced $650 million over three years for “sexual and reproductive health and rights”. According to a backgrounder provided to the media, a major part of the funding will be toward removing “judicial and legal barriers to the fulfilment of sexual…
Development and Peace - Caritas Canada launches 50th Share Lent Campaign
Monday, March 06 2017
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace / Caritas Canada (CCODP) launched its 50th annual Share Lent campaign on 28 February 2017. The theme of this year’s campaign is Women at the Heart of Change. The goal is to collect $8 million “to support Development and Peace’s social justice work in solidarity…
CCCB President's letter to the Minister of National Revenue
Monday, January 09 2017
The Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has written to the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, concerning the recent consultation by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on political activities involving charities. In his letter, Bishop Crosby “welcomes…
Christmas Message 2016
Tuesday, December 13 2016
This past year the Holy Father gave us the gift of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, choosing as its motto “Merciful like the Father” (Misericordes sicut Pater). In March, on the Feast of Saint Joseph, he joined this gift with another, Amoris Laetitia, the Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family, tying it…
Decree authorizing the use of three devotional titles
Sunday, November 27 2016
As unanimously agreed by the Bishops of Canada at their Plenary Assembly of 26 30 September 2016, the following devotional titles are hereby approved for popular use: – Saint François de Laval, the first Bishop of New France who remains a model of evangelization for our country and is commemorated…