Erin Kinsella is a Consecrated Virgin of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, the author of Espoused to Christ: A Theology of Consecrated Virginity, and a co-host of "In the Thicket," a podcast on suffering and hope. She has worked in...
Every May, the Office of Formation for Discipleship spotlights family life ministry, including the start of the annual National Family and Life Week, from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Family and Life.
The 2025 theme, drawn...
On Sunday, May 11, 2025, Bishop John Boissonneau celebrated Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica with the newest Catholics from across the archdiocese.
Several hundreds of newly initiated Catholics attended the archdiocese's 2025 Neophyte Mass along with...
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
With hearts filled with joy and deep gratitude, we celebrate the election of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. This momentous occasion unites the Church in prayer...
On Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10 a.m., the His Excellency John A. Boissonneau, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, ordained three transitional deacons, Deacon James Cyfko, Deacon Alvin Joys, and Deacon Jesús Fidel Añón with the Sacrament of Holy Orders...
The Divine Retreat Centre Toronto is a religious and clerical society. The pre-eminent purpose of the Vincentian Congregation is the evangelization of the poor. Through leading retreats, preaching, outreach ministries and doing missionary work through charitable social and educational...
Three Canadian cardinal electors (Cardinal Lacroix, Cardinal Leo and Cardinal Collins) met with the media in Rome at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2025 at the Canadian Pontifical College to discuss the election of Pope Leo XIV...
Today, the Church in Canada and throughout the world rejoices, as His Eminence Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, O.S.A., after being duly elected by the College of Cardinals, has accepted to become the 267th Bishop of Rome, successor of...
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. of the United States has been elected the 267th Pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Leo XIV.
Born in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, the...
Message for Mother’s Day11 May 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in the Archdiocese of...
The Most Rev. William T. McGrattan, Bishop of Calgary and President of Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops released the following letter to all the Catholic faithful in Canada. As the conclave to elect the 267th Successor of St. Peter begins...
Message on the Preparation for the Election of the Roman Pontiff5 May 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
To the faithful of the archdiocese of Toronto:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls...
Message for Catholic Education Week4 May 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
Frank Cardinal Leo's Message for Catholic Education Week
My dear friends,
I greet you with joy as we celebrate Catholic Education Week, occurring this...
On the occasion of the Jubilee of Workers (May 1 to 4) and Jubilee of Entrepreneurs (May 4 to 5), John Tomory writes on his own pilgrimage of hope, reflecting on his experiences of work and becoming a business owner...
Message for the Month of the Blessed Mother1 May 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
I am writing to you at the...
On Sunday, May 11 at 2:30 p.m., Most Rev. John Boissonneau, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto, will be celebrating Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica with the newest Catholics from across the archdiocese.
The...
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) issued the following statement from president Most Rev. William T. McGrattan, regarding the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Filipino Festival in Vancouver:
As President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, I...
The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Rome time which will be 4:00 a.m. in Toronto. For those who may wish to watch the funeral and related...
On April 22, 2025, following the 12:10 p.m. Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Francis, Cardinal Leo met with members of the media to speak about the passing of Pope Francis.
Cardinal Leo - Media Availability...
O God, faithful rewarder of souls, grant that your departed servant Pope Francis, whom you made successor of Peter and shepherd of your Church, may happily enjoy for ever in your presence in heaven the mysteries of your grace and...