Canada: bishops decide to say nothing (on the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae).The Canadian bishops have declined to make a new statement on the 1968 encyclical Humanae vitae. The idea was dismissed at the CCCB CCCB Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB Central Christian College of the Bible (Missouri) CCCB Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) CCCB Child Care Choices of Boston October plenary in Niagara Falls, with an estimated vote of better than five to one among the 75 or so attending bishops. Such a new affirmation had been requested by three bishops (Roman Danylak of Toronto, Colin Campbell of Antigonish N.S., and Basil Filevich, Eparch ep·arch n. Eastern Orthodox Church A bishop or metropolitan. [Medieval Greek eparkhos, from Greek, governor, ruler, from eparkhein, to rule over : ep-, epi- emeritus of Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. , SK) because of the misuse made of this statement--especially clause 26--by theologians, diocesan and national spokesmen, authors of religious education texts, directors of marriage courses, writers of catechisms and originators of official documents, including the Ethics Guide issued by the Catholic Health Association of Canada. The refusal to speak out will allow this misuse to continue. The teaching of the magisterium mag·is·te·ri·um n. Roman Catholic Church The authority to teach religious doctrine. [Latin, the office of a teacher or other person in authority, from magister, master; see , on the other hand, is perfectly clear: contraception is an intrinsic evil, never permitted. |
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