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Habemus Papam! Leo XIV

  • Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope taking the name Leo XIV
  • At around 6:07pm (Rome time) white smoke was seen from the Sistine Chapel chimney on the 4th ballot of voting.

New Pope hangs over March for Life

As hundreds of Canadian pro-lifers filled Parliament Hill in Ottawa this morning for the 2025 National March for Life, it wasn't long before rumblings of sightings of white smoke in Rome began to spread through the crowd.

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Luke Mandato

Canadian Politics

For Carney, now the work begins

Following a May 27 speech from the throne delivered by King Charles III, the 45th Canadian Parliament, under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney will get to legislative work.

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OSV News photo/Jennifer Gauthier, Reuters

Pro-lifers make electoral gains with 90 MPs to sit in House

Canada’s pro-life community is expressing trepidation about the fate of preborn children and end-of-life care under a Mark Carney Liberal government, but is also consoled by the electoral gains made in the April 28 federal election.

Youth want voice heard by next pope

As Catholics worldwide turn their attention to the impending conclave as the Church seeks to elect its 267th pontiff, one curious group of onlookers in particular is keeping a close watch.

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CNS photo/Vatican Media

Renos uncover cathedral’s glorious past

During extensive renovations for the Archdiocese of Kingston’s upcoming 200-year anniversary, St. Mary’s Cathedral uncovered a unique fresco dating as far back as the late 1870s.

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Photo courtesy Angela Gambini

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Moncton archdiocese sets path toward renewal

Moncton Archbishop Guy Desrochers has urged staff, parish priests and their congregations to join him in committing their archdiocese to an ambitious renewal process.

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Catholic Education Week

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OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz

The gift of Catholic education

As we prepare to celebrate Catholic Education Week, we are reminded that the answers have changed since the inception of Catholic schools.

Western Canada

Archbishop Miller consoles a grieving city

In one of his last public acts before he retires later this month, an emotional Archbishop J. Michael Miller spoke at Holy Rosary Cathedral filled with uniformed first responders, political officials, faith leaders and grieving friends and family of victims of the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy April 26, reminding them “that our lives are bound together and that we cannot face tragedy” as isolated individuals.

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Nicholas Elbers