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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A clip from the interview has caught the attention of social media users, however, because Cardinal Frank Leo supposedly resembles another Canadian. “Is it just me or doesn’t he look like Justin ...

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 ...