Past Announcements
Ordination of the new Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Wednesday, February 28 2018
The episcopal ordination of the Most Reverend Pierre Goudreault as Bishop of the Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière will take place on Saturday, 10 March 2018, at 2:00 p.m., in Sainte-Anne Cathedral, La Pocatière. His Eminence Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec and Primate of Canada, will preside as the principal ordaining Bishop, along with the Most Reverend Yvon Joseph Moreau, O.C.S.O., Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière,…
Pontifical Academy for Life hosts International Congress on Palliative Care
Tuesday, February 27 2018
The Pontifical Academy for Life will host an International Congress 28 February and 1 March 2018 on Palliative care: Everywhere & by Everyone. The congress will deal with access to palliative care in all communities and for all who need it. Nearly 400 participants from 38 countries are expected, among whom will be the Most Reverend Noël Simard, Bishop of Valleyfield and a member of…
Priest from Canada named Apostolic Nuncio
Monday, February 26 2018
On 26 February 2018, Pope Francis named Msgr. José Avelino Bettencourt, P.H., a priest of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, as Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia and Armenia. Since November 2012, Msgr. Bettencourt has been Chief of Protocol in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. He was born in Portugal in 1962 and ordained priest in 1993. Msgr. Bettencourt entered the diplomatic service of the…
Materials for 2018 National Week for Life and the Family
Tuesday, February 20 2018
The National Week for Life and the Family will be celebrated across Canada, 13 to 20 May 2018, that is, from the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord to Pentecost Sunday. Ascension Sunday this year also coincides with Mother's Day. For the sixth consecutive year, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is offering dioceses/eparchies, parishes as well as Catholic organizations and associations possible…