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Monday, May 25, 2026:  Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter, Magnifica Humanitas, was released today. It focuses on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. The letter is dated 15 May, to commemorate the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter, Rerum Novarum.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development offers the following synopsis of the Encyclical Letter: “Magnifica Humanitas offers insights into the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, recognizing a profound epochal shift. It places the dignity of the human person at the centre as the criteria for guiding technical progress. The Church’s social teaching accompanies these transformations, pointing to the common good, solidarity and subsidiarity as the fundamental benchmarks for understanding and interpreting the transformation currently underway. It proposes, as an alternative to the culture of power and war, a civilization of love founded on justice, dialogue and shared responsibility.”

To accompany the Encyclical Letter, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has prepared a collection of resources on the topic of artificial intelligence.

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National Family & Life Week  (May 10 to May 17, 2026)

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is pleased to announce the release of resources in preparation for National Family and Life Week 2026 (#NFLW2026), taking place Sunday, 10 May to Sunday, 17 May 2026.

The theme for this year, “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20), offers a profound reminder to the family, the domestic church (as described in the Catechism of the Catholic Church), that Christ accompanies us in every moment of life—in our joys, in our struggles, across generations, and through all of life’s experiences. NFLW2026 invites families and communities across Canada to reflect on this enduring promise and to celebrate the gift of family life.

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News Release and Canadian Conference Statement on Bill C-218: No “MAID” for Mental Illness

Pope Leo XIV – Message for the 34th World Day of the Sick 2026

PRESS RELEASE:  ECEC LAUNCHES NEW VIDEO SERIES ON FAMILY CATECHESIS
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The pastoral letter entitled Forgive us our Debts: Pastoral Letter on Debt Forgiveness in the Jubilee Year 2025, released by the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB).  The letter outlines the current debt crisis impacting many developing countries and calls on “our own government and private creditors in Canada to work with debtor nations to develop – and implement – effective frameworks for debt forgiveness, in the spirit of the Jubilee Year.”  READ PASTORAL LETTER HERE