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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.

Cardinal-elect Francis Leo addresses the Canadian consistory delegation at a welcome reception and dinner for the Canadian delegation, December 6, 2024.

Leo vows to 'suffer for the sake of the Gospel'

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In the presence of cardinals, bishops, priests, laity, colleagues, friends and family, Cardinal-elect Leo pledged a Dec. 6 welcome reception and dinner for the Canadian delegation to live up to the vows he will take at the Papal Consistory on Dec. 7. 

A cardinal holds his biretta as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 29, 2020.

Where will Leo fit in curia?

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Ontario’s Catholic bishops await learning which dicastery assignments Pope Francis will confer to new Cardinal Toronto Francis Leo with great anticipation.

Cardinal-elect Francis Leo, the Archbishop of Toronto, sits down with Register reporter Quinton Amundson, December 6, 2024, for an interview at the Canadian Pontifical College in Rome the day before the Papal Consistory ceremony that welcomes him and 20 other Catholic leaders to the College of Cardinals.

Cardinal-elect Leo cherishing the moment

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In October, when he was invited to join the College of Cardinals, Cardinal-elect Francis Leo said he would discern how this elevation could help him become an even better servant for the Archdiocese of Toronto and beyond.

Two old friends, Cardinal Leo and Isabel Correa.

Hundreds join Leo in Rome

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According to Vincent Veerasuntharam's tabulations, 100 delegates departed from Toronto Pearson Airport, and an additional 75 emissaries lifted off from Montréal–Trudeau International Airport to witness Cardinal Francis Leo being welcomed into the College of Cardinals at the Vatican.

Cardinal Thomas Collins with some of the 150 or so pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Toronto who made their way to Rome for the consistory that saw him elevated to the College of Cardinals.

Cardinal Collins takes a walk down memory lane

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Only new Cardinal Francis Leo knows what he experienced when hearing the news announced Oct. 6 at the conclusion of Pope Francis’ Sunday Angelus that he would be elevated to the College of Cardinals, but if it was anything like his predecessor’s experience in 2012, it is something he won’t forget anytime soon.

“I was in Washington, D.C., working with the International Commission on English in the Liturgy when in my hotel room I saw a little red light flashing on the phone that turned out to be a message from the nuncio telling me that Pope Benedict would name me a cardinal the next morning,” said Cardinal Thomas Collins of that day in early 2012. “Sure enough, Pope Benedict read off the list of the new cardinals and I was one of them —  it was quite a remarkable experience.”

For the second time, communications director Neil MacCarthy will be front and centre at a consistory where Toronto’s Archbishop is made a Cardinal. The first was Cardinal Thomas Collins in 2012.

MacCarthy gets second go round with history

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Cardinal Francis Leo’s promotion within the universal Catholic hierarchy also proved to be a gift for Neil MacCarthy, the longtime director of publications and communications for the Archdiocese of Toronto.

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