As people of faith in Christ, horizons of hope open before us when we gather around the sick and the dying. Families, friends, parish communities and health care professionals, together, all play an ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is currently reviewing the Final Report of the Independent Special Interlocutor. As our review is underway, we remember the suffering endured by Inuit, ...

OTTAWA, 16 October, 2024 – On 7 October 2024, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life announced the appointment of the new members of the International Youth Advisory Body (IYAB), composed ...

Montreal, 15 October —With the support of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Aid to the Church in Need Canada (ACN), Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) Canada, and ...

OTTAWA, 24 October 2024 – Today, as a follow-up to the International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care, “Towards a Narrative of Hope,” a Post-Symposium Working Group has released its anticipated ...

Canada’s National Shrines are renowned places of pilgrimage. During the Jubilee Year 2025, pilgrims are invited to make a special effort to visit the shrines to pray for peace and to experience a ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Pontifical Academy for Life, in collaboration with other partners, organized an International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care titled ...

OTTAWA, 28 October 2024 – The Most Rev. Alain Faubert, Bishop of Valleyfield, was elected to the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod. The Ordinary Council will play a fundamental ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is the national assembly of the Bishops of Canada. It was founded in 1943 and officially recognized by the Holy See in 1948.

As a comprehensive approach to end-of-life challenges, palliative care combines pain management with efforts to attend to a patient’s psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. Palliative ...

Following the Year of the Council, Pope Francis indicated that 2024 be a Year of Prayer. In his to letter written on 11 February 2022, to the Pro-prefect, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the Pope wrote: ...