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.
National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples
Saturday, December 12 2009
400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BAPTISM OF MEMBERTOU As recommended by what is now the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Catholic, 12 December has been designated “National Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples”. The date was not chosen by chance, for it is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the…
Christmas Message from Most Reverend Pierre Morissette, Bishop of Saint-Jérôme and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Friday, December 11 2009
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Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
Monday, November 09 2009
In a letter sent to The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, the Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Brendan O’Brien requests that the government of Israel permits Ms. Berlanty Azzam from the West Bank to return to Bethlehem to complete…
Statement by the 2009 Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Canada on the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
Friday, October 23 2009
The Bishops of Canada, gathered in Plenary Assembly, have discussed the mandate and operations of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace in the light of Pope Benedict XVI’s most recent encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. They also considered other issues that, during the past months, have shaken the trust of…
Professor Richard R. Gaillardetz responds to attacks
Thursday, October 01 2009
Well-known and award-winning Catholic author and theologian Richard R. Gaillardetz has responded to attacks circulating on a blog about his having been invited by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops to give two major presentations on the priesthood at the October 2009 meeting of the CCCB Plenary Assembly. The blog…
Statement by the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop V. James Weisgerber
Thursday, October 01 2009
“I have learned from media reports of the charges brought against Most Reverend Raymond Lahey, former Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. While shocked and saddened by the accusations, as President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, I am not in a position to comment on them. At the same…