Past Announcements
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2023
Wednesday, December 20 2023
Dear friends, The Christmas season is an invitation to experience the renewed joy and hope that comes to us in the realization of God’s promises. In the words of Pope Francis: “It returns us to the horizon of hope, a horizon that does not disappoint because it is founded on the Word of God”. This hope is what we desire in our hearts despite the…
Statement of CCCB on Vatican’s Document Addressing Pastoral Blessings
Tuesday, December 19 2023
With respect to the Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” issued by the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, the CCCB offered the following statement from Bishop William McGrattan, president of the CCCB. “On 18 December 2023 the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans, which responds to questions that had been raised regarding the possibility of offering blessings to…
Appointment of Apostolic Visitor for the Coptic Faithful in the United States of America and Canada
Saturday, December 16 2023
Today, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed His Excellency the Most Reverend Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh, Bishop of the Coptic eparchy of Ismayliah, as Apostolic Visitor for the Coptic Faithful in the United States of America and Canada.
National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples 12 December 2023
Tuesday, December 12 2023
On 12 December, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, the Church in Canada celebrates the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples. This year, we take a moment to recall the Holy Father’s Penitential Pilgrimage to Canada in July 2022, and in particular his words of prayer offered at Lac Ste. Anne: “Lord, as the people on the shores…