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National Family and Life Week 2024
Thursday, April 18 2024
April 18, 2024, Ottawa - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) warmly invites the Catholic faithful to celebrate National Family and Life Week 2024 (NFLW), which will take place from 13 - 19 May 2024. This year's theme, “Love hopes all things,” is inspired by the words of Saint Paul, the Apostle: “[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all…
Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Catholic Armenians in the United States and Canada
Monday, April 08 2024
April 8, 2024, Ottawa - The Holy Father has appointed the Revered Fr. Parsegh Baghdassarian, currently rector of Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Los Angeles, United States of America, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in Glendale of the Catholic Armenians in the United States and Canada , attributing to him the titular see of Comana Armeniae. Fr. Parsegh…
Three Canadian priests to participate in Synod’s International Meeting of Priests in Rome
Wednesday, March 27 2024
March 27, 2024, Ottawa - The Holy See announced a worldwide meeting of priests as part of the Synod on Synodality to be held this spring in Rome. Three hundred priests, sent by the Bishops' Conferences and the Oriental Catholic Churches, will participate in a global meeting of listening, prayer and discernment, entitled: “Parish Priests for the Synod: An International Meeting,” to be held on…
Message from the Holy See to Mark the Celebration of Ramadan 2024
Friday, March 15 2024
March 15, 2024, Ottawa - To mark the month of Ramadan and its conclusion (Id al-Fitr), on 15 March 2024, the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue published a message titled Christian and Muslims: Extinguish the Fire of War and Light the Candle of Peace: “We look to the Almighty as God of peace, the source of peace, who in a special way loves all those who…