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Metropolitan Archbishops from Canada to Receive the Pallium
Thursday, June 25 2026
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV will confer the pallium to newly appointed Metropolitan Archbishops at the beginning of the Mass celebrating the Solemnity of the Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June 2026 at 9:30 a.m. (Rome time). Among the appointed during this past year are the Archbishops from Canada: Most Rev. Guy Boulanger, Archbishop of Sherbrooke Most Rev. Susai Jesu, O.M.I., Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas Most Rev. Stephen…
Canadian Bishops Mark 10th Anniversary of Bill C-14 with Statement on Human Dignity, MAID, and Palliative Care
Wednesday, June 10 2026
OTTAWA — The Standing Committee for Family and Life of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), with authorization from the Permanent Council, has issued a statement marking the 10th anniversary of Bill C-14, the legislation that legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada under the term “Medical Assistance in Dying” (“MAID”) on 17 June, 2016. In its statement, the CCCB reiterates its opposition to euthanasia…
Knowledge-Sharing Symposium on the Doctrine of Discovery
Wednesday, June 03 2026
From 26 to 29 May 2026, a Knowledge-Sharing Symposium on the Doctrine of Discovery was held in Edmonton, examining the historical and legal consequences of colonization for Indigenous Peoples, and the Catholic Church’s involvement in that colonization in the 15th and 16th centuries. The event was hosted by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), with support from the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, and…
Episcopal Appointment for the Diocese of Prince Albert
Thursday, May 28 2026
Ottawa – Today, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV appointed the Reverend Kenneth Thorson, O.M.I., as Bishop of Prince Albert. Bishop-elect Thorson was born on 19 September 1966, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. On 26 August 1992, he joined the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate for the Lacombe Province, entering its novitiate in Arnprior, Ontario. He made his first profession of vows on 14 August 1993…