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OTTAWA - The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) has released a new study revealing Quebeckers have differing preferences on child care than the rest of Canadians.

Good Shepherd to open support centre for Hamilton teen mothers

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Hamilton’s Good Shepherd Centre is converting a once vacant Pentecostal church into a support centre for young mothers in need.

Pro-lifers launch appeal for national fast, prayer against euthanasia

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OTTAWA - The Catholic Civil Rights League has joined LifeCanada in an appeal for a national day of fasting and prayer to stop euthanasia in Canada.

West, East have much to learn from each other

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TORONTO - Embracing diversity within the Catholic Church will lead towards a world where the presence of God is felt in greater proportions, said Cardinal Baselios Cleemis.

Linda Gibbons found guilty for pro-life protest

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Canada condemns forced conversions in Syria

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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

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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.