KINGSTON, Ont. - The Little World of Fr. Raby was in fact not very small at all and that world is now grieving the loss of the beloved priest whose compassion, humour and storytelling brightened countless lives for half a century.

For 30 years Carmel Joyce ensured Msgr. Tom Raby had a comfortable place to go home to, first as his housekeeper and then as his prayer companion.

Parishioners at Kingston’s Church of the Good Thief were hit doubly hard with bad news last weekend.

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister and religious freedom ambassador issued a joint-statement Sept. 9 condemning the forced conversions of Christians in Syria.

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KINGSTON, ONT. - Beloved former Catholic Register columnist Msgr. Thomas Raby passed away in Kingston Sept. 6. He would have turned 95 on Oct. 1.

TORONTO - The Philippines was colonized first by the Spanish crown and then by the more democratically inclined Americans, but through it all the nation has been carried forward by a lively, vigourous Catholicism that Filipinos have claimed and made their own. Which is why Filipina women love the Daughters of Isabella — an American offshoot of the Knights of Columbus named after a Spanish queen.

BRAMPTON, ONT. Organizers of a fundraising event to be held in Brampton this month have enlisted the star power of Grammy Award-winning singer- songwriter Michael Bolton to help their cause.

OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast returned from a recent visit to Ethiopia pleased with how money is being spent in projects being funded by Canadian Catholics.

OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' president has thanked retiring Vatican Secretary of State for his service and welcomed his replacement.

In 100 years St. Augustine's Seminary has prepared some 2,000 men for priesthood. They're all memorable, but here are four who for different reasons are more remembered.