Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide by the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher

Friday, February 6, 2015

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Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide by the Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Catholics are called by their faith to assist all those in need, particularly the poor, the suffering and the dying. Comforting the dying and accompanying them in love and solidarity has been considered by the Church since […]

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher’s Christmas Message

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

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Christmas Message 2014 The Most Reverend Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops December 4, 2014 As I write this Christmas message, barely a week has gone by since Remembrance Day, a day marked by the still fresh memory of the recent assassinations of two members of the Canadian Armed […]

Coast to Coast: October 18 to 24

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Alicia Ambrosio

In Ottawa, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast reacted to this week’s shooting at parliament hill. In Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario one couple celebrates 10 years of giving up everything to help bring water to campesinos in rural Guatemala. Archbishop Paul Andre Durocher shares his thoughts on the Extraordinary Synod on the Family that just ended in Rome. In Vancouver, […]

CCCB President’s statement on the newest Canadian Cardinal

Monday, January 13, 2014

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President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop of Gatineau Paul-André Durocher has issued the following statement on the elevation of Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Québec, to the College of Cardinals: As President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, it is a great joy for me, on behalf of all the Bishops of Canada, […]

Letter from CCCB president to Philippine Bishops’ Conference

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

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Archbishop Paul Andre Durocher sent this letter to Archbishop Socrates Buenaventura Villegas, President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Tuesday, November 12. To the Bishops, Clergy and Faithful of the Philippines, Since Friday, we have seen the increasingly devastating reports of the tragedy which hasbefallen your country. As President of […]

Perspectives Daily – Sept. 26, 2013

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Carlos Ferreira

Tonight on this special extended-Edition of Perspectives The Vatican announces celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Encyclical Pacem in Terris and we bring you more about the CCCB plenary 2013

Religion, a Language of Hope – Catholic Focus

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Cheridan Sanders

Why is the practice of religion such a universal phenomenon throughout the history of cultures? Do religions still have a role to play in the secularized countries of the 21st century? Are religions currently evolving in pluralistic societies? An exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, entitled God(s): a User’s Guide, provides the inspiration for […]

February 4, 2012

Saturday, February 4, 2012

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[singlepic id=137 w=200 h=200 float=right] Canadian Bishops gather every year in Cornwall, Ontario for their annual Plenary Assembly. This week, on a special rebroadcast of SL Radio we travel to the Bishops’ Plenary and learn what they’ve been working on this past year. Featured chats with Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Archbishop Michael Miller of […]

A new song for Gatineau

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kris Dmytrenko

Saint-Joseph Cathedral in Gatineau, Quebec will be filled with song this evening. One of the best voices in the cathedral happens to be the community’s newest member: Archbishop Paul-André Durocher. Tonight Durocher will be installed as the fourth bishop of Gatineau, which was established as a diocese in 1963 and elevated to an archdiocese in […]

October 22, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

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[singlepic id=137 w=200 h=200 float=right] Canadian Bishops gather every year in Cornwall, Ontario for their annual Plenary Assembly. This week, on a special edition of SL Radio we travel to the Bishops’ Plenary and learn what they’ve been working on this past year. Featured chats with Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Archbishop Michael Miller of […]