Roman Catholic Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, released the following pastoral letter June 7 in response to demonstrations against racism in Vancouver in recent days. As protests against racism, injustice and violence are taking place in the United States, Canada… Read more →
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Archbishop’s statement on assisted suicide in hospices
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 1 Comment
Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, released the following statement February 22 in response to health authorities in BC forcing assisted suicide (euphemistically described as medical assistance in dying or MAiD) into hospice and palliative care homes: As health authorities in BC… Read more →
Submission to BC Government’s consultation on cannabis regulation
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 2 Comments
I welcome the British Columbia Government’s consultation on cannabis regulation and the opportunity to offer my concerns, and some suggestions, about the implementation of legalized marijuana in Canada. Let me also me commend the Government for taking seriously the opioid… Read more →
Pastoral statement on Vancouver’s overdose crisis
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 1 Comment
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller released a pastoral letter February 16 urging Roman Catholics to look for ways to respond to the region’s drug overdose crisis. Though it was aimed at Catholics, it is also valuable for the whole Christian… Read more →
Bill C-14 sets Canada on a ‘tragic course’
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 0 Comments
Archbishop Michael Miller of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver made this statement about the Liberals’ assisted suicide bill April 14: Unfortunately, the “medical assistance in dying” legislation introduced in Parliament today sets Canada on the tragic course of offering… Read more →
Open letter to Premier Clark requests protection for life, inclusive discussion
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 2 Comments
Dear Premier Clark: I am writing [January 11, 2016] in response to the Interim Report of the Select Standing Committee on Health to the Fourth Session of the 40th Parliament of British Columbia. This letter sets forth the concerns of… Read more →
Archbishop wants legal protection for women who are prostituted
by Archbishop Michael Miller • • 0 Comments
Archbishop Michael Miller wrote a pastoral letter May 23 to 450,000 Lower Mainland Catholics saying the absence of a law on prostitution is “a serious threat to the moral fabric of Canadian society” and the Catholic community must work to… Read more →