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.
Urgent invitation from Pope Francis to pray with him on June 8, 2014
Friday, June 06 2014
Pope Francis is asking the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences to invite Bishops, those in consecrated life and all the faithful to join him in prayer for the invocation of peace which is scheduled at the Vatican on June 8, 2014. The request has been sent to the world’s Episcopal Conferences…
The Release of Soeur Gilberte Bussière, C.N.D.
Monday, June 02 2014
This morning, the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), asked me to bring you up to date on the release of Asbestos, Québec native Soeur Gilberte Bussiere, C.N.D., and to ask all of you to join him in offering…
Message from CCCB President for the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Religious Conference
Friday, May 30 2014
May 29, 2014 Reverend Father Michel Proulx, O.Praem., President of the Canadian Religious Conference, Beloved Sisters, Brothers and Fathers, members of the Canadian Religious Conference: The 60th anniversary of your Conference arrives at an important juncture in the life of the Church. Inspired and prodded by Evangelii Gaudium, we are…
Letter from CCCB President to the Most Rev. Paul Terrio, Bishop of Saint-Paul, AB
Tuesday, May 13 2014
The news of the violent death of Father Gilbert Dasna, SMMM, an African missionary priest who has been serving in your diocese for the past few years, came as a deep shock to me and, I am sure, to all Catholics and people of good will in Canada. The further…
Message by CCCB President for the 2014 National Week for Life and the Family
Wednesday, May 07 2014
In the Gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, we hear these powerful words of Jesus: “I came that they might have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10.10). How can we not hear these words and give thanks for families which give life and give it in abundance? Families…
Celebrating the canonizations of Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II
Sunday, April 27 2014
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops joins the Church throughout the world and all people of goodwill in celebrating the canonizations of Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II. The two are wonderful models of holiness. By their canonizations today, they have been recognized as timeless witnesses to the…