Maple leaf flavour at bishops synod

Four Canadian bishops participate in new evangelization synod in Rome

Pope Benedict XVI leads a meeting of the Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization
at the Vatican Oct. 9. Four bishops from Canada are in attendance at the synod. Paul Haring / CNS.

The B.C. Catholic has a story by Deborah Gyapong about the four Canuck bishops who will be participating in the Synod of Bishops on the New the New Evangelization:

Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix of Quebec, Bishop François Lapierre, P.M.É., of Saint-Hyacinthe, Bishop John Corriveau of Nelson, and Bishop Brian Dunn of Antigonish will each be making five minute presentations at the synod. They were elected earlier this year by their fellow bishops to be delegates. 

 During the annual plenary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Sept. 24-28 the delegates and two substitutes shared draft versions of their texts.

Read the full story at The B.C. Catholic website.