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Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical Letter: Magnifica Humanitas
Monday, May 25 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Letter, Magnifica Humanitas, was released today. It focuses on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. The letter is dated 15 May, to commemorate the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter, Rerum Novarum. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development offers the following synopsis of the Encyclical Letter: “Magnifica Humanitas offers insights into the protection of the human person…
New Rector of the Canadian Pontifical College in Rome
Friday, May 15 2026
Ottawa – Father Francesco Yukinori Kumagawa, PSS, has been named Rector of the Canadian Pontifical College in Rome. As of 1 May 2026, he succeeds fellow Sulpician Father Jaroslaw Kaufmann, P.S.S., who has been Rector since 2024. Father Kumagawa was born on 2 November 1970 in Nagasaki, Japan. He entered the minor seminary in Nagasaki in 1983, then continued his formation at the Fukuoka Saint-Sulpice…
CCCB President and Vice President Meet with the Prime Minister of Canada
Wednesday, May 06 2026
[caption id="attachment_127896" align="aligncenter" width="1026"] From left to right: The Most Rev. Pierre Goudreault, Bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and CCCB President, the Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, the Most Rev. Donald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina and CCCB Vice President, the Rev. Jean Vézina, CCCB General Secretary, and Mrs. Tracy Blain, CCCB Advisor for Indigenous and Government Relations.[/caption] Ottawa – On Friday, 1 May 2026,…
Episcopal Resignation and Appointment for the Diocese of Timmins
Friday, May 01 2026
Ottawa–Today, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Serge Poitras, Bishop of Timmins, and appointed the Very Rev. Fr. Roch Martin, presently Vicar General of the Diocese of Sault St. Marie, as the new Bishop of Timmins. Rev. Roch Martin Born on 26 September 1964, in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Bishop-elect Roch Martin completed his secondary studies at École secondaire Franco-Cité…