Leo's red hat call came out of the blue
Archbishop of Toronto Francis Leo woke up at 6:20 a.m. on Oct.6 to a text-tone chorus.
Six Toronto Catholics feted with inaugural St. Michael Award
The inaugural St. Michael Award is honouring six Catholics in the Archdiocese of Toronto for years of distinguished and faithful service in their parishes and to the Church.
Toronto welcomes five new shepherds
A packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, filled with family, friends and well-wishers, gathered May 11 to see five men become the newest priests for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Archdiocese fights rise in anti-Semitism
In the face of rising anti-Semitism stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, the Archdiocese of Toronto is providing resources in support of the Jewish community.
Seeking God’s Kingdom in Toronto
Archbishop Leo issues his inaugural pastoral letter.
Leo taps pews for pastoral plan
Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo is all ears and wants to hear from clergy and lay parishioners as he helps craft the next pastoral plan for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Archbishop Francis Leo vows to keep his flock safe
As Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo was conferred the pallium at a Sept. 29 ceremony at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, the archbishop promised that he would, like the shepherd, keep watch over his flock and keep them safe.
Archbishop Leo receives pallium from Pope Francis
Archbishop Francis Leo of Toronto joined 31 other metropolitan archbishops appointed over the past year who received their pallium from Pope Francis after Mass for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29.
Archdiocese of Toronto welcomes seven new priests
Seven men handed their lives over to service in the Church, service to the Eucharist, service to the Gospel at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto on Saturday, May 13.
The story behind the photo
That nice new priest? Turns out it was Archbishop Leo.
Accepting God's call is Leo’s witness of obedience
When a new bishop is appointed, people naturally ask, “Who is he? Where does he come from? What’s his story? What makes him tick?” said Toronto’s new archbishop at his installation Mass March 25.
The man in the mitre
An interview with Francis Leo, Canada's youngest bishop heading its largest English-speaking diocese.
Francis Leo installed as Archbishop of Toronto
His Grace Francis Leo offered up gratitude to Christ as he was made Archbishop of Toronto at a Mass in a packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica that was equally filled with the spirit of the Annunciation.
Montreal sending bishops to Toronto a historical Hab-it
The news came at 5:25 a.m. CST on Feb. 11. Despite my years of absence, big news from home can still rattle me awake: Pope Francis had named Bishop Frank Leo, auxiliary bishop of Montreal, to succeed Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto.
Verbatim: ‘I will bring ... all that I am and all that I have’
Greetings Message to the People of God in the Archdiocese of Toronto from Archbishop-designate Most Rev. Francis Leo