On Saturday, January 5, Archbishop Lépine celebrated a Mass at Saint Joseph’s Oratory in anticipation of Saint Brother André’s feast day. Many members of the Knights of Columbus were in attendance.

At least 225 young people from Quebec will be part of the Mission Jeunesse delegation to the next international World Youth Day that will take place in Panama from January 22-27, 2019.

Fr. Brian Boucher, a priest of the Archdiocese of Montreal, was handed a guilty verdict on January 8, 2019.

Pope Francis’ “wish for a happy Christmas” is a “wish for fraternity,” he said during his Christmas Urbi et Orbi message. To those physically present in St Peter’s Square and to all joining through the media, the Pope renewed the angel’s song: “Glory to God in the highest”… and invited all to “halt in wonder” as the shepherds did and to silently “fall to our knees and worship”.

In his message for the World Day of Peace, the Pope reflects on the role of “good politics at the service of peace.” Those who hold political office, he says, must exercise their office in service to others, basing their work on the foundation of charity and human virtues.