The Holy Father will mark International Day of Human Fraternity in a virtual meeting on February 4, the date set by the United Nations General Assembly for this new annual event. He will be joined by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb. The event will be hosted in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.

Pope Francis has decided to institute a Church-wide celebration of a World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. Starting this year, it will be held on the fourth Sunday of July, close to the liturgical memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus.

On 29 January, 2017 Quebec City’s Muslim community was the target of hateful act of violence that killed six people and wounded twenty others. Hundreds of others live on with the trauma inflicted that night at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec.

We will mark the World Day for Consecrated Life on February 2. Here is the testimony of Simone Huneault, a member of the Secular Institution called the Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate .

On January 23, from 10 a.m. to noon, leaders from different parishes, movements, and organizations from Christian churches in Montreal and as far afield as France, gathered together over Zoom to hear Mr. Brett Powell. A leader with 28 years’ experience, he spoke on a subject he is passionate about – leadership: specifically, leadership in the Church, and the type of leadership required for the most important mission in the world at this time in history.