Cardinal Thomas Collins has issued a statement regarding the government's passage of Bill C-14, which legalized euthanasia/assisted suicide on Friday, June 17.
Full text of the statementWatch video versionEuthanasia comes to Canada
“There are two...
Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Robert Kasun, C.S.B., as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto. At the time of his appointment, Rev. Kasun was serving as pastor of the parishes of St. Alphonsus and St. Clare in...
Pope Francis is shaken and saddened by the ‘homicidal folly and senseless hatred’ that has left at least 50 people dead in an attack on a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
The Holy See Press Office Director, Father Federico...
Below are the 2016 clergy changes. Please continue to pray for all priests who faithfully serve the Archdiocese of Toronto.
INCARDINATION
Rev. Gustavo Campo – May 26, 2016Rev. Manuel Duterte – May 26, 2016Rev. Jose Pena – April 29, 2016Rev...
As wildfires continue to ravage the area around Fort McMurray, Alta., the Archdiocese of Toronto is accepting contributions to help victims of this natural disaster. The fires that were first reported on May 1 have grown to encompass more than...
The Archdiocese of Toronto is accepting financial contributions for humanitarian relief following the disastrous effects of a serious earthquake on April 16 in Ecuador.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks have devastated huge areas of Ecuador, with nearly 600...
On April 14, 2016, the federal government introduced legislation that, if passed, will amend the criminal code to make euthanasia/assisted suicide legal in Canada.
Watch video: Cardinal Collins on Federal Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide Legislation
At a time when our...
On Friday, April 8, 2016, the Vatican released Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation (papal document to the global church), “Amoris Laetitia: On Love in the Family”, bringing together the results of two recent Synods on the family convoked...
In response to Call to Action 48 by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and in response to questions raised on the legal concepts known as "Doctrine of Discovery" and terra nullius, four Canadian Catholic organizations representing Bishops, institutes of consecrated...
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“I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel…” - The Hippocratic Oath
“You shall not kill.” Exodus 20:13
“Contemplating Suicide? We Can Help!” There was a...
On February 3, in Ottawa, Cardinal Collins, made a presentation to a special joint committee on physician-assisted dying.
Cardinal Collins addressed the committee on behalf of Coalition for HealthCARE and Conscience, a group including the Archdiocese of Toronto, the...
This past October, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) launched a joint Declaration on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. The sponsoring signatories to the Declaration intend now to engage in a concerted effort...
TORONTO (February 11, 2016) 230 couples celebrating a collective 8,000 years of marriage will join Cardinal Thomas Collins in Toronto this Saturday. The Archbishop of Toronto will preside at a special Mass to honour couples celebrating 25th, 40th or...
The Archdiocese of Toronto will celebrate Marriage Sunday in our parishes the weekend of February 6/7, 2016. On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. couples from across the archdiocese will gather for A Celebration of Marriage...
The Jubilee of Mercy was announced by Pope Francis as a year to be lived intensely in each local Church throughout the world, allowing every person to encounter the mercy of God. The most evident sign of this pastoral care...
Below is the English translation of the Pope's message:
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis
Urbi et Orbi
25 December 2015
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Christmas!
Christ is born for us, let us rejoice in the day of...
The Archdiocese of Toronto’s “Project Hope” emergency refugee resettlement campaign surpassed its ambitious $3 million fundraising goal, reaching $3.1 million in just 100 days. The first refugee families sponsored through Project Hope will arrive in...
Pope Francis has appointed Father Hector Vila, currently Rector of Toronto’s Redemptoris Mater Missionary Seminary, as the new Bishop of Whitehorse. Bishop-designate Vila will become the sixth bishop of one of Canada’s largest geographical dioceses...
The 36th Cardinal's Dinner drew 1,700 people together in Canada's largest annual charity fundraising dinner. Full address of Cardinal Thomas Collins follows.
36th Annual Cardinal's Dinner – November 5, 2015Address from Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of...