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Montreal

End of the suspension of the Sunday Obligation

10-06-2022
The exemption from the Sunday obligation to attend Mass, which began in 2020 due to the pandemic, is ending.

International

Open letter to delegates attending the PDAC 2022 Convention

10-06-2022
June 8, 2022 - Our warmest greeting from Peru to the delegates attending the PDAC 2022 Convention.

General

The Most Blessed Trinity

10-06-2022
In the Vatican museums there is an ancient Christian sarcophagus dating from the 340s. It is called the “Dogmatic Sarcophagus”; sculpted on its side, among various biblical images, is what may be the earliest known representation in art of the Blessed Trinity. The three figures, bearded men, are identical: the Father sits and blesses the arm of the Son who creates Eve; the Son looks back at the Father rather than at his handiwork. The Spirit stands behind the Father’s chair. This early Christian art is fascinating because it was not for another forty years that the Council of Constantinople would formally define the co-equal divinity of the Holy Spirit.

Montreal

Sexual Abuse: Nine Roman Catholic dioceses in Quebec release findings of an independent audit

08-06-2022
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.

National

Appointment of the Most Rev. Douglas Crosby, O.M.I, as member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

07-06-2022
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.

International

Aid to the Church in Need statement about the Pentecost massacre in St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria

06-06-2022
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.

National

Gun control: a major advance for Serge St-Arneault

06-06-2022
“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.

International

"Praedicate Evangelium": A point of arrival and departure

06-06-2022
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.

Pope Francis

Pope’s June prayer intention: ‘For families’

03-06-2022
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for June 2022, and urges Catholics to pray for all families during the month in which Rome hosts the 10th World Meeting of Families.

Montreal

Two Future Priests from the Grand Séminaire de l’Archidiocèse de Montréal to receive Diaconal Ordination

02-06-2022
The ordination ceremony for Charbel Daw will be held Friday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Fabien Church. The ordination ceremony for Réjean Thibodeau will be held Tuesday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint-Paul-de-la-Croix Church.