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April 18, 2015

Church mourns loss of ‘a simple priest’

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte said he became a priest “because I wanted to work among the poor and the underprivileged, not because I wanted to wear fancy robes.”

MONTREAL - He was a cardinal with a common touch, a street-smart Montrealer who used the media effectively, peppered sermons with references to his beloved Montreal Canadiens, returned his Order of Canada on principle and humbly served his community at soup kitchens and blood donor clinics.

Published in Canada
April 9, 2015

Cardinal Turcotte remembered for his 'joie de vivre'

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, retired archbishop of Montreal, died April 8 at age 78 at Marie-Clarac Hospital in Montreal.

Hours after his death April 8, Montreal Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte was praised by Quebec City Cardinal Gérald Cyprian Lacroix and the emeritus archbishop of Quebec, Maurice Couture, for his "joie de vivre" and for a communication style that invited open dialogue.

Published in Canada
April 8, 2015

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte dead at 78

Cardinal Turcotte

MONTREAL - Montreal's cardinal of the people, Archbishop Emeritus Jean-Claude Turcotte, is dead.

The popular cardinal, who served as Montreal's archbishop for 22 years, died April 8 in Montreal’s Marie-Clarac Hospital.

Published in Canada