(Vatican News) The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue is urging members of all different religious traditions to support Pope Francis’ call for a day of prayer and fasting for peace on February 23rd.

There was much to celebrate in St. Leonard last Sunday, as Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish joyfully welcomed Archbishop Christian Lépine to celebrate Mass and bless the image of newly canonized Saint Angelo d’Acri (1669-1739).

This year marks the 26th World Day of the Sick, instituted in 1992 by Saint John Paul II. SASMAD welcomes everyone to its annual celebration for and with the sick, on Saturday, February 11 at Saint-Jude Sanctuary.

One would think that the veneration of the relics of the saints just isn't something that would interest the new generations. Well it isn't the case. Almost half of the 5000 people who visited the relic of St. Francis Xavier at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral on January 28 and 29 were young.

More than 1,300 people, dignitaries and street kids alike, gathered to pay their last respects to Father Emmett Johns, “Pops” at St. Patrick’s Basilica on January 27, 2018.