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.
Statement by the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Passage by the House of Commons of Bill C-13, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction
Tuesday, October 28 2003
The Legislative Process On 28 October 2003, the House of Commons passed Bill C-13 and it is now on its way to the Senate for debate. Like many other organizations and sectors of society, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has taken a great interest in the ethical, legal…
United Nations Debate on Cloning: Letter from the CCCB President Bishop Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V., to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham
Tuesday, October 14 2003
This letter was sent on September 24, 2003 The Honourable Bill Graham, P.C., M.P. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lester B. Pearson Building Tower A, 10th Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A OG2 Re: 58th General Assembly of the United Nations Dear Mr. Graham: We understand that the debate on human cloning will…
Letter From the President of the CCCB to Pope John Paul II on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of his Pontificate
Sunday, October 05 2003
His Holiness John Paul II Vatican City Most Holy Father: In a matter of days, the 25th anniversary of your election as the Successor of Peter will be celebrated in Rome with great festivity. This is a special moment for all Catholics of the world to rejoice at the wonderful…
“Life on Earth Today is Plagued with an Unprecedented and Accelerating Ecological Crisis”: Canadian Bishops Publish Pastoral Letter on Ecology
Friday, October 03 2003
CCCB Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs Publishes a Pastoral Letter on Ecology The Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has released a Pastoral Letter on the Enviroment. Please consult the following links for more information. The Pastoral Letter on the Christian Ecological Imperative (pdf) Appendix: What…
Catholic Bishops Release Pastoral Message on Marriage
Tuesday, September 09 2003
The President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Most Rev. Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V., on behalf of the Episcopal Conference’s Permanent Council, at a media conference this morning in Montreal, made public a Pastoral Message on Marriage in the Present Day, in light of the current debate surrounding the…
CCCB Statement on the Tabling of Draft Legislation by the Federal Government Regarding Marriage
Wednesday, July 16 2003
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)is disappointed with the draft legislation on marriage that the Federal government today referred to the Supreme Court of Canada in order to determine its constitutionality. The draft legislation does not deal with the wider issue of the traditional values of marriage and its…