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An anonymous newcomer family sit with gifts donated to them through the Diocese of Hamilton’s Office for Refugees gift- giving initiative last Christmas. (Faces are blurred to protect privacy)

Hamilton spreads cheer to the newcomer

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With the help of The Good Shepherd, the Diocese of Hamilton’s Office for Refugees is ensuring new Canadians are not left behind this Christmas season.

A detail of a Nativity scene displayed in St. Peter's Square is seen in an exhibit at the Vatican Dec. 17, 2024.

CCCB Christmas message 2024

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The Christmas message from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A 'Rorate' Mass celebrated at St-Irénée-de-Lyons Mission Parish in Montreal, December 14, 2024.

‘Let the skies pour down righteousness’

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Rorate Mass celebrated at a Montreal parish continues age old liturgical tradition

Cardinal Francis Leo with his father, Francesco, following the Papal Consistory on Dec.7 in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Family values ingrained in Cardinal Leo

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Based on the personal recollections of Toronto's Cardinal Francis Leo, the only period of his life when he didn’t feel a call to religious life was when he was a young child growing up in the Villeray neighbourhood near Montreal’s Little Italy.

Canadian Catholic Cardinal Michael Czerny greeting people of Valenzia, Spain, who were devastated by terrible flooding.

From cardinal to cardinal: just do it

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Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, has the same advice for Toronto's new Cardinal Francis Leo that he would share with parishes seeking to carve its synodal path: do.

John and Cecilia Zucchi, pictured at the Hotel Giustiniano in Rome on Dec. 7, have been friends with Cardinal of Toronto Francis Leo since 1990. Cecilia taught Leo philosophy when he was a 19-year-old seminarian at the Grand Séminaire De Montréal.

Longtime friends laud Leo's authenticity

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Longtime Montreal married Catholics John and Cecilia Zucchi’s road in life has more than 20 times led to Rome.

Frank Cardinal Leo at the Consistory, December 7, 2024.

Cardinal finds strength in prayer, Mary, Canadian supporters

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Describing the Papal Consistory that welcomed him and 20 other leaders of the Catholic Church into the College of Cardinals as “very profound” and “beautiful,” Cardinal Francis Leo of the Archdiocese of Toronto has deeply contemplated the prayers recited during the Dec. 7 ceremony in the Vatican.

Cardinal of Toronto Francis Leo (middle)'s friendship with Connie Maiorino (left) dates back to high school, and her husband Johnny has also become a cherished decades-long friend as well. They are pictured in the lobby of the Hotel Giustiniano in Rome on Dec. 6.

Even in high school, Leo was 'Fr. Frank'

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Even as a student attending John F. Kennedy High School in Montreal, now Cardinal Francis Leo was called “Fr. Frank.”

Fr. Robert Gendreau

Always something special about new cardinal

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Fr. Robert Gendreau said it does not take long for people to realize that there is something special about Cardinal Francis Leo.

Cardinal of Toronto Francis Leo, a renowned Mariologist, received a stunning gold and bejeweled rendering of the Immaculate Mary from a local Italian artist during the reception at Spazio Vittorio event hall following the Papal Consistory on Dec. 7. Many, including the Register, tried and failed to secure the man's identity.

Cardinal Leo will rely on grace of Christ

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A spirit of gratitude radiated out of Toronto's new Cardinal Francis Leo — as vivid as the red cassock adorning him — as he entered a Dec. 7 reception at the Spazio Vittoria event space several hours after being elevated to the College of Cardinals.

Pope Francis listens as Cardinal Angelo Acerbi, a 99-year-old retired Vatican diplomat, thanks him on behalf of the 21 new cardinals created at a consistory Dec. 7, 2024, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Toronto's Archbishop elevated along with 20 other Cardinals

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Standing in communion alongside brother bishops from Argentina, Ecuador, Iran, Serbia and a rich assemblage of other nations, Toronto's Archbishop Francis Leo was elevated to the College of Cardinals at St. Peter’s Basilica today.

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