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, 2010
Wednesday, December 08 2010
The angels sang of peace on Christmas night. The Prophets had promised peace. Each celebration of the Eucharist we proclaim it and share it with one another. Christ’s peace is much more than the absence of war and violence, important though these are. It does not concern stillness and quiet,…
Comment welcoming the new Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini by the Most Reverend Pierre Morissette, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Thursday, November 11 2010
The Catholic Bishops of Canada welcome the new Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini (The Word of the Lord). These reflections by the Holy Father will be a major impetus in the ongoing renewal and life of the Church, universally and in our own country. Catholics, as well as other Christians, were…
Attack on Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Iraq
Wednesday, November 10 2010
Letter of sympathy by CCCB President Bishop Pierre Morissette to His Beatitude Ignace Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Letter of sympathy by CCCB President Bishop Pierre Morissette to the Most Reverend Yousif Habash, Eparchial Bishop for Syriac Catholics in United States and Canada Letter to Foreign Affairs…
Address of the Most Reverend Pierre Morissette, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, during the Reception at the Pontifical Canadian College, Rome, following the Canonization of Saint Brother André, 17 October 2010
Tuesday, October 26 2010
Your Eminences and dear brother Bishops, Your Honour Mr. Pierre Duchesne, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, and Mme Ginette Lamoureux, Your Honour Mr. Noël Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate of Canada, and Mrs. Kinsella, Honourable Ministers of the Government of Canada and of the Government of Quebec, Members of the Parliament of…
CCCB statement on canonization of Saint Brother André
Tuesday, October 19 2010
The following statement has been made by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops following the canonization of Saint Brother André on October 17, 2010. (Rev.) Msgr. Patrick Powers, P.H. General Secretary The Church in Canada rejoices that one of our own, Brother André Bessette, 1845 – 1937, a lay member…
Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from Bishop Gary Gordon concerning plans by the Government of Canada to build new prisons
Thursday, October 14 2010
The Right Honorable Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada 80 Wellington Street Ottawa ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister, I am most concerned that you and the government of Canada, in this time of financial cuts to important services, are prepared to significantly increase investment in the building…