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Update on World Youth Day Lisbon 2023

Thursday, December 15 2022

In 1984, during the Holy Year of Redemption, Pope Saint John Paul II invited young people from around the world to join him in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday. This event inspired what is now known as World Youth Day.   Since 1986, there have been fifteen World Youth Days where young people gathered in countries around the world to meet with others to share…

Episcopal Appointment for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg

Thursday, November 10 2022

Thursday, 10 November 2022 – Today, His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed the Most Reverend Andriy Rabiy, currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia (U.S.A.), as Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg (Canada). Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy was born October 1, 1975 in Lviv, Ukraine. He pursued seminary studies at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington, D.C., and…

CCCB chooses its delegates to attend XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Monday, October 17 2022

The General Secretariat of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops announces that the following Bishops will represent this Episcopal Conference at the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme of Synodality. Representing the English Sector The Most Rev. J. Michael Miller, C.S.B., Archbishop of Vancouver (first delegate) The Most Rev. William T. McGrattan, Bishop of Calgary and CCCB Vice President…

CCCB issues Pastoral Letter to Young People

Tuesday, October 11 2022

Today, the Most Rev. Raymond Poisson, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), has issued a Pastoral Letter to Young People. The Letter is dated 12 October 2022 in honour of the anniversary of the death of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first beatified millennial. This Pastoral Letter is meant to inspire young Catholics to live their faith in an extraordinary way, encouraging them…