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.
Ending Violence in Sudan: Bishops ask that Canada Pension Fund Money Not Be Invested in Talisman Energy
Sunday, April 07 2002
Honourable Bill Graham Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Dear Mr. Graham: In writing to you for the first time in your role as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, please be assured of our most prayerful good wishes as you address the…
End the War, Risk Peace
Thursday, April 04 2002
It is with great sadness and concern that the Catholic Bishops of Canada watch the conflict in the Middle East worsen. War never leads to peace. Terrorism is the blindest and most unacceptable attack against human life, too often directed against those who are innocent and defenceless. To sabotage peace…
Letter to the Guatemalan Ambassador to Canada from the CCCB Human Rights Committee
Monday, April 01 2002
Ambassador Carlos Humberto Jiménez Guatemalan Ambassador to Canada 130 Albert St., Suite 1010, Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4 Excellency, I write to express our concern as we receive continuing reports of death threats being made against the Bishop of San Marcos, Monsignor Alvaro Ramazzini, and one of his priests, Father Juan…
Note by Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Implementation of Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani
Monday, March 25 2002
The following note has been issued by the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Most Reverend Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V., following the approval of the Permanent Council of the Conference at its meeting of 20-21 March 2002. 1. The Latin text of the third typical edition of the Missale…
Letter from CCCB President Bishop Jacques Berthelet, C.S.V., to World Youth Day 2002 National Director Rev. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., Concerning the Billboard Campaign by Catholics for a Free Choice
Thursday, March 14 2002
Rev. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B National Director World Youth Day 2002 415 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M5B 2E7 Dear Father Rosica: I understand that you have received a number of comments from the public about the campaign being directed by Catholics for a Free Choice to cause embarrassment to World Youth…
Letter to the Federal minister of Health Anne McLellan Regarding the Final Report of the Canadian Institutes of Health Reserach on Stem Cell Research
Wednesday, March 06 2002
The Honourable Anne McLellan, P.C., M.P. Minister of Health 16th Floor, Brooke Claxton Building Tunney’s Pasture Postal Locator 0916A Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 Re: Final Report of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research on Stem Cell Research Dear Ms. McLellan: In the name of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops…