In what could prove to be a landmark case for religious and conscience rights in Canada, MontrealöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Archbishop Christian Lépine has taken on the Attorney General of Quebec.

After a four-year pandemic hiatus, the Archdiocese of Montreal announced the recipients of the Bourget awards for diocesan service, singling out four individuals and two groups.

The news came at 5:25 a.m. CST on Feb. 11. Despite my years of absence, big news from home can still rattle me awake: Pope Francis had named Bishop Frank Leo, auxiliary bishop of Montreal, to succeed Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto.

As Archbishop Christian Lépine moved through the last days of Lent toward Easter 2022, he acknowledged the worst Cross to bear in his 10 years leading Montreal Roman Catholics has been the scandal of clerical sexual abuse.

Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine says his early encounter with military life convinces him GodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp power is vital to stopping the bloody conflict in Ukraine, which has now led to allegations of war crimes by invading öÏÓãÊÓƵapp forces.

Maribel MaryogaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp career as a dancer took her to some exciting places.

In the midst of the Christmas season, Dan Cere sees signs of Easter in the Archdiocese of Montreal.

The Boucher Report, released on Nov. 25 by the Archdiocese of Montreal, makes for distressing reading. The tale told therein also illustrates how failures in Canada may have contributed to the significant reforms made by Pope Francis last year aimed at changing the culture of episcopal governance.

Secrets, lies and threatened lawsuits protected Brian Boucher through two decades of priestly life before Montreal Church authorities finally investigated the former pastoröÏÓãÊÓƵapp bizarre, aggressive and abusive behaviour.

Constant vigilance will be the unofficial motto for Catholic Church leadership in Quebec and Ontario for the foreseeable future as epidemiologists have declared the second wave of COVID-19 is underway in CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp two most populous provinces.