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April 7, 2025Catholic Conscience - Resources for Parishes (including Voting like a Catholic - a one-page outline from Catholic Conscience of a prayerful Catholic voting process, with a summary of the broad range of issues to be considered by Catholics in elections, and
printable versions of the complete party comparisons from Catholic Conscience updated to November 2024, available in English and French at https://catholicconscience.org/upcoming-election/resources-for-parishes/parish/.
Voting as Catholics - 2019 Federal Election Guide prepared by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (CCCB) Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace and published in the name of the Permanent Council, and formatted for online sharing and with hyperlinks directing the reader to further resources on various issues important to Catholics. The Guide’s content offers a reflection on key ethical and moral issues that voters, especially Catholics, may want to consider. (available in English https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_Federal_Election_Guide.pdf and French https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Guide_des_elections_federales_de_2019.pdf).
CCCB March 2025 letter expressing their grave concern regarding two recommendations (#429 and #430) made by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance within Report 21: Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget which, if adopted, would be profoundly detrimental to Canada’s charitable sector:
English: https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCCB-Letter-to-the-Honourable-Francois-Philippe-Champagne-P.C.-M.P.-Minister-of-Finance_charitable-status.pdf
French: https://www.cecc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Lettre-de-la-CECC-a-Lhon.-Francois-Philippe-Champagne-C.P.-Ministre-des-Finances_-statut-dorg.-bie._.pdf.
CCCB March 2025 letter to the Minister of Health strongly urging and imploring the federal government to halt any further expansion of “MAiD” and focus instead on advancing compassionate, life-affirming palliative care.
English: https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CCCB-Letter-to-the-Honourable-Kamal-Khera-P.C.-M.P.-Minister-of-Health_MAID-Advanced-requests.pdf
French: https://www.cecc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Lettre-de-la-CECC-a-lhonorable-Kamal-Khera-C.P.-Ministre-Sante_Demandes-anticipees-AMM.pdf