CANADA
Western
By DEBORAH GYAPONG
Canadian Catholic News
Ottawa
Canada’s Catholic bishops will tackle a range of controversial and difficult topics in their annual plenary Sept. 19-23, including a review of priestly sexual abuse guidelines, restructuring of the bishops’ conference, and the upcoming 2008 International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec.
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) assembly will draw approximately 80 bishops from across the country to Cornwall, Ont., to review the past year’s programs and make decisions for the future.
The meeting also marks the end of St. John’s Archbishop Brendan O’Brien’s two-year term as CCCB president.