Peter Stockland

 The contrast between Latin American-Caribbean and Canadian progress toward creating a synodal – or "listening" – church could not have been starker than in two presentations Canada's bishops heard during their Sept. 21-25 plenary in Montreal.

The Holy See announced Feb. 11 that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Thomas Collins as archbishop of Toronto and named Bishop Frank Leo of Montreal as his successor. Leo will be installed as archbishop of Toronto at St. Michael’s Cathedral on a date to be announced.