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Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal, shown in a 2017 photo, has written a public letter opposing the Quebec government’s plan to ban public prayer.

Quebec’s proposed prayer ban ‘like forbidding thought itself,’ Montreal archbishop says

Sep 8, 2025

By Canadian Catholic News

The Quebec government’s call for a ban on all public prayer raises “serious concerns” about a democratic society’s fundamental freedoms,... Read more

Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, Canada. Credit: Travis Wise via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Montreal archbishop appoints ombudsman to oversee abuse complaints

May 5, 2021

By Autumn Jones

The Archdiocese of Montreal announced Wednesday the appointment of an independent ombudsman, Marie Christine Kirouac, to receive all complaints of... Read more

Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in Montreal, Canada.

Montreal archbishop apologizes after report faults failures to address priest’s misconduct

Nov 30, 2020

The Montreal archdiocese repeatedly failed to act on complaints regarding a former priest’s misbehavior until it was found he had... Read more

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Bishop Michael Fisher outside the meeting hall during the 2019 USCCB General Assembly, June 12, 2019.

Buffalo bishop will allow faithful to meet at parishes to oppose closures, mergers

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Vatican commission rejects female diaconate, although without a ‘definitive judgment’

Pope Francis receives the bishops of England and Wales for their ad limina visit at the Vatican, Sept. 28, 2018.

Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass?

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio leads the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.

Archbishop Broglio: Drug cartels must be stopped, but not with ‘violence outside the law’

Poster for the St. John of the Cross 2026 Jubilee.

Discalced Carmelites prepare to celebrate jubilee year of St. John of the Cross

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