as his replacement. While Wong had certainly increased the prestige of the Catholic Standard, it was still fairly small and limited to mostly Catholic circles. Morrison was responsible for shifting it to a more radical political leaning and greatly increasing its circulation. On 14 July 1979, Fr. Bernard Darke, a part-time photographer of the Catholic Standard, was stabbed to death in broad daylight by the House of Israel, a black cult-like group now believed to have been on the payroll of the Burnham government. Most now believe that Morrison was the actual target, and that the Guyanese government had orchestrated the murder as a response to the Catholic Standard's "extremely critical" coverage of the regime. This further galvanized Morrison and other staff of the Catholic Standard to continue their censorious coverage of the Burnham government. Fr. Michael Campbell-Johnston, SJ, wrote in the foreword of Morrison's 1998 book Justice: The Struggle For Democracy in Guyana, 1952-1992:"As a journalist [Morrison's] duty was not only to record events in factual and unbiased manner but also to investigate them and uncover the veils of secrecy and corruption in which they were all too often shrouded [...] All of this demanded dedication, courage, and occasional subterfuge. That Andrew Morrison rose to the challenge is amply testified to by his various international prizes and awards."Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, especially during the reign of Desmond Hoyte, the Catholic Standard remained one of Guyana's few independent newspapers, and Editor Fr. Andrew Morrison gained international recognition for himself and the newspapers, receiving six awards for his and the Standard's struggle for press freedom and the implementation of democracy in Guyana. In 1995, Fr. Morrison was replaced as editor by Colin Smith, the first lay editor in the Catholic Standard's history. However, the Jesuits still remained actively involved in the newspaper, and there are three priests on staff as of April 2016. During Smith's editorship, the newspaper changed from a politically-oriented newspaper back to covering mostly domestic and international Catholic religious topics. Editor Smith reflected on the change, saying:"With the advent of Stabroek News and more so the Kaieteur News, there was no real need for the Catholic Standard to do what it was doing. They [Stabroek and Kaieteur] did much better; they had a lot more resources, human and financial. The whole scenario changed. The dictatorship under Burnham didn't exist anymore. The political situation changed completely, and