Trump calls Pope Francis promising to help Notre Dame reconstruction
Trump also commented on the Cathedral’s ‘amazing beauty and great symbolism’.
Rosica’s Pope Francis text plagiarized from anti-Catholic blog, report says
The passage is remarkably similar to a 2014 blog post criticising Catholic theology
Rooster from Notre Dame spire saved from rubble
The weathervane contained one of the thorns from the crown of thorns and relics of saints Denis and Genevieve
Man arrested entering St Patrick’s cathedral with gasoline
Police said he had a car nearby to escape the scene of the cathedral
Notre Dame fire shows beauty still matters, art historian says
‘It reminds us that we are greater than our brief mortal lives and the petty pursuits that fill it’
Christians facing ‘unprecedented’ persecution, Catholic and Anglican prelates warn
Cardinal Nichols and Justin Welby called on the government to do more to help persecuted Christians
Pro-life student group sues Scottish university for alleged discrimination
Aberdeen Life Ethics Society claims it has been unlawfully discriminated against
France’s richest man pledges €200 million to rebuild Notre Dame
The campaign to rebuild the cathedral has so far raised half a billion euros
The fire brigade chaplain who saved the Crown of Thorns
Fr Jean-Marc Fournier saved the relic along with the Blessed Sacrament
Good Friday reinstated as public holiday in Indian territories
The Hindu nationalist government had tried to turn the day into an ordinary working day
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Benedict’s statement lays bare the Church’s divisions
He must have felt he was saying something absolutely vital that was going unsaid
It’s her cathedral. But somehow, Our Lady has been forgotten
It’s beautifully significant that the rose window, symbolising her receptivity to God, survived the fire
Why Holy Thursday is not for the spiritually timid
Francois Mauriac writes that on this night ‘it is sometimes made known to souls… that agony and death must not be feared’
Notre Dame is not, and never should be, just a museum
As the Archbishop of Paris put it, the cathedral was built to house the Bread of Life
The crisis is about more than a disintegration of moral theology
The lust for power is the key
Benedict’s essay supports Francis’ call for ‘zero tolerance’
Such a policy, Benedict has now argued, is essential to the salvation of souls
Stuck for Lenten reading? Try this spy book
The story of a KGB double agent raises interesting ethical and spiritual questions
Unplanned is this generation’s Matrix
The movie reveals the culture of death that lies at the core of our secular-liberal modernity. We cannot look away
Why we shouldn’t strive for the perfect family
Being just ‘good enough’ is far healthier and will make you much happier in the long run
‘As a bishop, it is my duty to warn the West’: An interview with Cardinal Sarah
The Vatican cardinal discusses his hard-hitting new book in this exclusive interview with La Nef
Analysis: Gregory’s road to Washington
If he chooses, the new archbishop could write himself into history as the face of reform in the American Church
Pope Francis’s words are being drowned out by the abuse crisis
His interviews and new documents aren’t gaining as much attention as before. What really matters now is his governance of the Church
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Wren brought Rome to London – without ever going there
He could not afford to go to Rome, so he did the next best thing, says James Baresel
‘We do not want pretty pictures’: What Munch meant by the Scream
Edvard Munch was a daring experimenter who strived to create an art of the ‘inner soul’, says David V Barrett
