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.
Christmas Message 2014
Tuesday, December 09 2014
As I write this Christmas message, barely a week has gone by since Remembrance Day, a day marked by the still fresh memory of the recent assassinations of two members of the Canadian Armed Forces. This year, Christmas in Canada will take on a different shading, muted and somber, because…
Statement by the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Friday, October 24 2014
This is a time of profound national sadness for all Canadians. The recent acts of violence in Ottawa and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, have touched the hearts of many people. We worry that the horror of terrorism is taking root in our soil, so long a land of peace, cooperation, and inter-cultural…
Message to Canadian Catholics from the CCCB President while at the Synod on the Family
Tuesday, October 07 2014
On the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, 2014, the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has sent a message to the Catholics of Canada. Currently in Rome as a member of the Synod of Bishops…
CCCB issues appeal for mercy, compassion and justice in the Middle East and throughout the world
Wednesday, August 27 2014
The Executive Committee of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has issued an appeal “for mercy, compassion and justice in the Middle East and throughout the world”. The text was approved at the Executive’s meeting earlier this week on August 25, 2014. In its message, the Executive states: “As…
CCCB President sends condolences to the Holy Father
Wednesday, August 20 2014
The Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has conveyed to Pope Francis the condolences and prayers of all the Bishops of Canada following the tragic death of three members of his family in a traffic accident in Argentina. Mrs.…
Statement by the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops for the 100th Anniversary of Canada’s Entry into the First World War
Friday, August 01 2014
On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany, which had violated the neutrality of Belgium by invading it. Canada, as part of the British Empire, was thereby brought into what would be the first of two world wars. A few weeks later, the Canadian Parliament enacted the War…