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Rooster from Notre Dame spire saved from rubble

a copper rooster containing relics and thought to have been destroyed in the collapse of notre-dame de paris has been found damaged but inta...

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Man arrested entering St Patrick’s cathedral with gasoline

a man is in custody after he attempted to bring containers of gasoline into st. patrick’s cathedral in new york city wednesday night. the ma...

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Christians facing 'unprecedented' persecution, Catholic and Anglican prelates warn

cardinal vincent nichols and anglican archbishop justin welby have called for the british government to do more to protect christians facing...

Saved from the flames: The treasures that survived the Notre Dame fire

when the cathedral of notre dame in parish caught fire monday, most predicted the worst. it seemed unlikely the structure could survive, or ...

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Dispute over Papal Foundation’s $25 million grant approval continues

scrutiny continues for the u.s.-based papal foundation, amid questions of whether some of its grant activity was motivated by a desire to se...

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'Mary, dry our tears': French priests respond to Notre-Dame blaze

father pierre amar was praying in notre-dame de paris at 5 p.m. monday evening to prepare spiritually for the easter triduum; hours later he...

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Why Holy Thursday is not for the spiritually timid

first published in 1931 and now republished by sophia institute press, holy thursday by the french nobel laureate, francois mauriac (1885-19...

Francis Phillips

Notre Dame is not, and never should be, just a museum

much as already been written, even hours after the devastating fire at the cathedral of notre dame de paris, about the “iconic status” of th...

Fr Benedict Kiely

Good Friday reinstated as public holiday in Indian territories

the mumbai high court reinstated good friday as a holiday after it had been removed from the list of government-approved holidays in an area...

Only by returning to the Faith can we truly rebuild Notre Dame

cathédrale notre-dame de paris was built out of stone and wood and glass without electricity or computers. it was not built by committee, or...