Francis Leo

Our Catholic family worldwide is in mourning following the death of our spiritual father, Pope Francis.

Isabel Correa, communications director for the Archdiocese of Montreal, reports on the joyful return of Cardinal Frank Leo to his hometown and home parish in late March.

“Usque ad Effusionem Sanguinis” (even to the shedding of blood), proclaimed Toronto’s Cardinal Frank Leo, urging 1,000 faithful who joined him in St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica Jan. 15 to stand in “fearless witness” for their faith.

Cardinal Francis Leo has been appointed a member of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Legislative Texts.

Catholics across Canada welcomed Jubilee Year 2025 at churches and cathedrals nationwide with Masses celebrating the historic event as well as the Feast of the Holy Family.

Toronto Catholics welcomed Cardinal Francis Leo back to Toronto following his journey to Rome earlier this month where he was elevated to the College of Cardinals.

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.

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.

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

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.