Canadian bishops meet with pope, curial officials

Published: 2007-11-08

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said coming to the Vatican to visit Pope Benedict XVI and curial officials "is always something that energizes us." Archbishop James Weisgerber of Winnipeg, Manitoba, conference president, led a small delegation to the Vatican Nov. 6-12 for regularly scheduled annual meetings with Vatican officials. The vice president of the bishops' conference, Archbishop Pierre Morissette of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, and secretary-general, Msgr. Mario Paquette, accompanied Archbishop Weisgerber. Archbishop Weisgerber told Catholic News Service that the delegation's 20-minute private meeting Nov. 8 with Pope Benedict "went very well." "He is a marvelous listener and very hospitable," he said. He said they spoke with the pope about the problem of secularization and the situation of the aboriginal peoples in Canada.

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