Letter to Federal Minister Lloyd Axeworthy Concerning the Status of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

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Tuesday, August 15 2000

The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Dear Mr. Axworthy: I am writing concerning the status of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which was adopted and…

Letter to the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, from the Chairman of the CCCB's Social Affairs Commission, Archbishop James Weisgerber, Demanding that Canada End Economic Sanctions against Iraq

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Tuesday, August 08 2000

The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Dear Mr. Axworthy: I write to you concerning the tenth anniversary (August 6) of the imposition of sanctions against Iraq, in order to join the voice of the Canadian bishops to the…

Comment by the President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Attack on a Doctor who Performs Abortions

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Tuesday, July 11 2000

If the police are correct in their assumption that a doctor in Vancouver was stabbed in his office yesterday because he performs abortions, this attack is to be condemned as completely contrary to the most basic pro-life principle that the dignity and integrity of human life, both born and unborn,…

The President of the CCCB is Deeply Troubled by the Government's Approval for Clinical Trials of the Abortion Pill RU-486

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Tuesday, July 11 2000

The Honourable Allan Rock Minister of Health Brooke Claxton Building Postal Locator 0916A Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9 Re: The Abortion Pill RU-486 Dear Mr. Rock: On behalf of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, I would like to say how deeply troubled we are that Health Canada has granted approval…

Appeal of CCCB's president to Canadian Catholics to help people of the Horn of Africa threatened with famine

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Sunday, June 11 2000

Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Catholics in the Horn of Africa recently appealed to Canada’s Catholic Church to offer whatever assistance it can to alleviate the suffering caused by famine and war in that part of the world. Between 16 and 20 million people are now threatened with famine. Ethiopia…

Message for Pentecost 2000 to Canadian Catholics from CCCB President Bishop Gerald Wiesner, OMI

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Tuesday, June 06 2000

Dear friends: Almost a year ago, many of you signed a petition that called for debt cancellation for the poorest countries. You likely saw this petition at your parish church, local school, a community or trade union meeting, or at any number of other venues. You joined more than 640,000…