Gérald Cyprien Lacroix

Cardinal Lacroix has stated that the Church firmly opposes euthanasia and assisted suicide, and in 2016 criticized Canada's assisted-dying law as dangerous. In September 2016 he also said he would not refuse the anointing of the sick or funerals to people who choose assisted death, favouring palliative care and accompaniment. No public statement by him on abortion or Fiducia supplicans could be found.

Cardinal Lacroix preached and gave Benediction at a Solemn High Mass at the FSSP apostolate in Quebec City in April 2014, and has been a member of the Dicastery for Divine Worship since 2016. No public statement on Traditionis custodes or on the application of the restrictions in his archdiocese could be found.

Cardinal Lacroix spent eight years as a missionary in Colombia and sits on the Vatican's Council for the Economy. After the January 2017 attack on the Quebec City mosque he said 'hatred is the darkest expression of our humanity' and promised a society of peace and respect for all cultures. In September 2020 he sharply criticized the Quebec government over Covid restrictions on places of worship. No statement on migrants or the environment could be found.

Pope Francis made Lacroix a cardinal in 2014 and in March 2023 named him one of five new members of the Council of Cardinals, which advises the pope on governing the Church and revising the Roman Curia. After Francis's death in April 2025 he praised the pope's simplicity, humility and sense of humour. No public defense by him of specific reforms was found.

After the January 2017 attack on the Quebec City mosque, Lacroix called Muslims 'our brothers and sisters', returned from Rome and embraced a leader of the Islamic cultural centre at a solidarity Mass, and his diocese encouraged participation in a solidarity gathering at the mosque. In 2020 he was spokesperson for Quebec's interreligious roundtable (Table interreligieuse de concertation).

Cardinal Lacroix communicates directly through video messages, press briefings and social media. In September 2020 he held a press briefing in front of the archbishop's residence, and in January 2024 he responded to allegations against him by video message. He speaks in simple terms, saying that following Jesus is not complicated when love is the main ingredient.