And one candidate is Cardinal Frank (Francis) Leo, the Archbishop of Toronto. The Canadian, 54, took on the role in 2023 and just a year later Pope Francis made the holy man a cardinal.

Cardinal Gérald Lacroix of Québec, a senior adviser to Pope Francis, has been accused of sexual assault in a class-action suit in Canada. The cardinal has been accused by a plaintiff, whose name ...

OTTAWA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, one of the top Roman Catholic clergymen in Canada, on Friday stepped down temporarily after he was named in a class-action lawsuit against the ...

Of the 135 cardinal electors, these four Canadians ... In 2015, Leo was the secretary general of the Canadian Episcopal Conference. In 2021, he became the vicar general and moderator of the ...

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, head of the Archdiocese of Quebec, has temporarily stepped aside from his duties as archbishop after being accused in a lawsuit of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old ...

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When Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet turns 80 on June 8, the prelate who was touted as a potential future pope in both the conclaves of 2005 and 2013, will no longer be able to participate in the ...

Here’s what we know about the Canadian cardinals joining the conclave. Cardinal Thomas Collins, born Jan. 16, 1947, was the Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto from 2007 to 2023. Ordained as a ...