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Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its liturgy that are used as strong profanities in Quebec French (the main variety of Canadian French) and in Acadian French (spoken in Maritime Provinces, east of Quebec, and a portion of ...
On February 22, 2011, Vatican Information Service (VIS) and Catholic News Service (CNS), announced that Pope Benedict XVI had named the 53-year-old Bishop Gérald Lacroix, until then an Auxiliary Bishop (assistant bishop) of Quebec (since 2009), as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec and Primate of Canada.
As of 2018, five congregations remain, in Montréal, Repentigny, Quebec City, Levis and St-Georges de Beauce, with a total membership of about 350. [4] The denomination seeks to be a continuation of the French Huguenot tradition. Member church are a part of the NAPARC and the World Reformed Fellowship. [5]
The Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God, (French: L’Ordre du Magnificat de la Mère de Dieu) also known as the Apostles of Infinite Love (French: Apôtres de l'amour infini) is a traditionalist Independent Catholic religious group active in various parts of the world, with its headquarters being near Mont-Tremblant in Quebec.
The book's introduction argues that certain features of Quebec's history make it have a particularly "favorable ecology" for NRMs, including its status as an open and tolerant society and the vacuum opened by the decline of the Catholic Church in Canada, as well as the liberal immigration policies of the province.
The archbishop of Quebec is the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec, who is responsible for looking after its spiritual and administrative needs.As the archdiocese is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province encompassing the north-central part of the province of Quebec, [2] the Archbishop of Quebec also administers the bishops who head the suffragan dioceses of ...
The Diocese of Trois-Rivières was erected from the Archdiocese of Quebec on June 8, 1852. Rev. Thomas Cooke was appointed the first bishop. At that time, the diocese extended to the Eastern Townships, and included thirty-nine parishes. [1] The Collège des Trois-Rivières was founded in 1860; in 1874, it became the diocesan seminary.
Pope Francis arrived in Quebec City, landing at Jean Lesage International Airport just before 3 p.m. [18] [19] Quebec Premier François Legault and other officials greeted him, and he proceeded to the Citadelle of Quebec. The event at the Citadelle were postponed by an hour due to a flight delay involving indigenous staff and organizers. [19]