National Catholic Register

Canadian Bishops Address Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Adults at Meeting

A committee presented a code of conduct template that incorporated protections on all vulnerable persons to the gathered plenary assembly this week. The 2023 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian ...
Crux

New leader of Canadian bishops says synodality is job number one

NEW YORK – When it was announced on Oct. 16 that Bishop William McGrattan of Calgary, Alberta, was elected the next president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, he was in Rome ...
National Catholic Register

Canadian Bishops' Charitable Arm to End Partnerships with Groups in Conflict with Catholic Teaching

OTTAWA, Canada — The Canadian bishops’ conference announced Thursday that after a review of organizations that receive project funding from their international development agency, it will discontinue ...
National Catholic Reporter

Canadian bishops talk with pope about abuse policy, indigenous peoples

Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Archbishop Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg, Manitoba, vice president of the conference, ...
Crux

Canadian bishops outline plans for reconciliation with indigenous peoples

NEW YORK – With 26 commitments across three separate pastoral letters, the Canadian bishops have, albeit only in broad strokes, outlined how they plan to honor a pledge to embark “into a new era of ...
Reuters

Canadian Catholic bishops apologize for role in indigenous residential schools

VANCOUVER, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday officially apologized for their role in the country's notorious residential school system for the first time, after ...