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Linda Gibbons found guilty for pro-life protest

September 12, 2013

TORONTO - Pro-life activist Linda Gibbons was given a tongue lashing on top of the maximum six-month sentence for her latest conviction for taking her peaceful protest to a Toronto abortion clinic.

Montreal archbishop warns against enshrining Quebec values in a charter

September 11, 2013

OTTAWA - Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine has warned against the Parti Quebecois' plans to enshrine Quebec values in a charter.

Msgr. Raby’s stories had a message

September 11, 2013

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.

A life of prayer right ’til the end

September 11, 2013

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.

Columnist’s Church of the Good Thief to close

September 10, 2013

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

Canada condemns forced conversions in Syria

September 10, 2013

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

Beloved Register columnist Msgr. Tom Raby passes away

September 10, 2013

Updated 09/10/13 KINGSTON, ONT. - Beloved former Catholic Register columnist Msgr. Thomas Raby passed away in Kingston Sept. 6. He would have turned 95 on Oct. 1.

Daughters of Isabella part of Filipina Catholic heritage

September 8, 2013

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.

Michael Bolton to sing at Padre Pio fundraiser

September 7, 2013

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.

Prendergast heartened by D&P aid projects in Ethiopia

September 6, 2013

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.