The Ecclesiastical Province of Montreal together with the Ecclesiastical Province of Gatineau today released the findings of the Honourable André Denis regarding allegations of sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults from 1940 to 2021 as recorded in the archives of the dioceses concerned.

On Wednesday, 1 June 2022, the Holy See Press Office announced that His Holiness Pope Francis appointed the Most Rev. Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton, as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

The pontifical international charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is deeply shocked by the horrific attack which took place at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, in Owo, Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, during Pentecost Sunday celebrations, June 5th, and which caused the death of many people, including children.

“This is a historic speech. It really is the direction we have always hoped for.” That was Serge St-Arneault’s reaction, the La Tuque resident who made the trip to Ottawa on Monday, along with other activists, to meet federal Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the introduction of the new bill on gun control.

The new Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia enters into force, institutionalizing changes that have largely already materialized for the body which helps the Pope in his service to the universal Church.