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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A detective in a small town after previously being a decorated and celebrated cop in big city Toronto, Cardinal has been removed from the Homicide division and has been relegated to investigating ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated on Jan. 23 to include a statement from Cardinal Marc Ouellet. Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops, has been ...

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 ...