The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:23:51 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Bishops not planning pastoral guidelines on assisted suicide /item/23252-bishops-not-planning-pastoral-guidelines-on-assisted-suicide /item/23252-bishops-not-planning-pastoral-guidelines-on-assisted-suicide

OTTAWA – CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic bishops are unlikely to issue national pastoral guidelines on how to accompany Catholics considering euthanasia, the bishops’ conference president said.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 05 Oct 2016 10:00:00 -0400
Alberta, NWT bishops reaffirm no Communion for divorced /item/23140-alberta-nwt-bishops-reaffirm-no-communion-for-divorced /item/23140-alberta-nwt-bishops-reaffirm-no-communion-for-divorced

OTTAWA – Pastoral guidelines issued by the bishops of Alberta and Northwest Territories have affirmed Church teaching that precludes divorced and remarried Catholics from receiving Communion unless their previous marriage has been formally annulled.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:00:00 -0400