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 by CCCB President for the 2014 Share Lent campaign
Wednesday, March 05 2014
Lent is a time for transformation, inviting us to look at our own lives and to make changes that bring us closer to God. As we draw closer to God, acting for the good of others, especially the impoverished, becomes ever more natural to us. Thus the call to “repent…
CCCB Comment on the results of the questions in the Preparatory Document for the Synod of Bishops on “The pastoral challenges for the family in the context of evangelization”
Wednesday, February 05 2014
As had been agreed in principle by the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), and following the review and approval of the Conference’s Executive Committee, a synthesis has been prepared and sent to the Holy See of the responses of the Bishops and dioceses of Canada…
CCCB President asks Minister John Baird to intervene on behalf of Cremisan Valley, near Bethlehem
Tuesday, January 28 2014
The Honourable John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Dear Minister Baird, As President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), I write to express our concerns about the security wall in the Cremisan Valley which…
Letter of prayer and solidarity for the people of Ukraine by the CCCB President
Friday, January 24 2014
The Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has sent a letter of solidarity and prayer to His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and to Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M., Metropolitan of Ukrainian Catholics in…
Tragic fire in L’Isle-Verte: CCCB President writes to the Archbishop of Rimouski
Friday, January 24 2014
The Most Reverend Pierre-André Fournier Archbishop of Rimouski 34 de l’Évêché Street West Rimouski, QC G5L 4H5 Your Grace: I am deeply affected by the sad news of the terrible fire in L’Isle-Verte Wednesay night that devastated the Résidence du Havre. The thought of so many elderly people dying is…
Statement by CCCB President on the designation by the Holy Father of Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix as a member of the College of Cardinals
Monday, January 13 2014
As President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, it is a great joy for me, on behalf of all the Bishops of Canada, to extend our heartfelt congratulations to the Most Reverend Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec and Primate of the Church in Canada, for his having been…