Past Announcements
Canadian Council of Imams endorses CCCB statement on the legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Canada
Friday, June 29 2018
The Canadian Council of Imams (CCI) has endorsed the statement by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) on the legalization of cannabis for recreational use in Canada (Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act). The CCCB statement was released this past 25 June 2018. Link to the revised version of the CCCB statement with the CCI endorsement (PDF)
Updates on Canada Summer Jobs program
Friday, June 29 2018
The Archdiocese of Toronto has recently published a media release detailing the negative impact of the current Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) policy on services and programs in the Archdiocese of Toronto. In addition, His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, has released a letter in which he introduces an online fundraising campaign which the Archdiocese of Toronto has initiated to cover the shortfall resulting…
Cardinal Ouellet is promoted to the Order of Bishops within the College of Cardinals
Friday, June 29 2018
Pope Francis has named four Cardinals to the Order of Bishops within the College of Cardinals according to the rescript published by the Holy See on 26 June 2018. His Eminence Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, who is Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, is one of them. The other three are: Cardinal Pietro…
Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Lacroix his special envoy at celebrations marking 200 years of evangelization in the West and North of Canada
Tuesday, June 26 2018
Pope Francis on 19 May 2018 appointed His Eminence Gérald Cyprien Cardinal Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec and Primate of Canada, as his special envoy for celebrations marking the beginnings of what is today the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface and 200 years of evangelization in the West and North of Canada. Beginning on 14 July 2018, Cardinal Lacroix will give at Saint Boniface University a public lecture on…