Current Announcements
Message for Easter 2026 from the Most Rev. Pierre Goudreault, Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Monday, March 30 2026
[embed]https://youtu.be/V6npaUmv0jI[/embed] Warm greetings to each and every one of you, International news does not often give us reasons to rejoice. Wars continue in Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, and elsewhere, causing loss of human lives and the destruction of many communities. In some parts of South America, Africa and Asia, human rights are not respected, threatening the common good of the people. To counteract the gloom…
Message from the Dicastery of Interreligious Dialogue for the Month of Ramadan
Friday, February 20 2026
The Holy See’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue has recently published a message for the month of Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr. This year, as Catholics journey through Lent, which leads to the celebration of Easter, they observe a period of fasting and penance alongside Muslims who are observing Ramadan. “Through a providential convergence of calendars, Christians observe this period of fasting and devotion alongside you during…
Message of Pope Leo XIV for Lent 2026
Friday, February 20 2026
The 2026 Message of Pope Leo XIV for Lent is titled “Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion.” In his message, the Holy Father writes: “Lent is a time in which the Church, guided by a sense of maternal care, invites us to place the mystery of God back in the center of our lives, in order to find renewal in our faith…
Death of the Most Rev. Eugène Tremblay, Bishop Emeritus of Amos
Thursday, February 19 2026
The Most Reverend Eugène Tremblay, Bishop Emeritus of Amos, Québec, died February 18, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as Bishop of Amos from 2004 to 2011, when he reached the age of retirement for Bishops (75) under the 1983 Code of Canon Law (Canon 401 § 1). Born in 1936 in Saint-Hilarion, in the region of Charlevoix, Quebec, Most Rev. Tremblay was ordained to the…