QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in Quebec on Wednesday at a time when many French Canadians in the province are not only moving away from religion but explicitly rejecting it, embracing ...

In a pastoral message released in December, Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of the Archdiocese of Quebec announced a dramatic transformation in how the Catholic Church in the province should understand itself ...

MONTREAL (AP) — On a Friday night, families danced under pink and purple neon lights to the beat of an African band playing where the altar used to stand at a Catholic church in Montreal.

Catholics have protested during the pandemic the classification of religious gatherings as “not essential.” But what if religious practice was not taken into consideration at all? That was the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Pope Francis arrived in ...

A woman walks by Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, on April 10, 2020. Pope Francis arrives in Quebec on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at a time when many French Canadians in the province are not only ...