On September 16, at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral, the student community of universities and Cegeps is invited to this first edition of a Mass to launch the academic year, presided by Archbishop Lépine and hosted by campus ministry groups of the Archdiocese.

Pope Francis has issued a message to mark the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Taken from the Extraordinary Jubilee Year and his encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, the theme of the Holy Father’s message is: Show mercy to our common home.

(Présence-info/CNS) Pope Francis' call for Catholics throughout the Americas "to treat one another with mercy" should reinforce the church's commitment to come together to work with the neediest, Catholic leaders said at the start of a regional gathering in Colombia.

(CCCB) As part of the festivities marking the 200th anniversary of their foundation, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on August 28, 2016, celebrated the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the first Oblates in Canada at Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec.

Following the announcement of Msgr. Michel Parent's departure as Vicar General, effective August 31, 2016, Archbishop Christian Lépine has appointed his two auxiliary bishops as Vicars General, to assist him in the governance of the Archdiocese of Montreal.