The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire, continuing what a professor of architecture described as the natural lifecycle of a historic building.
Month: April 2019
Nun: Colosseum Via Crucis Reflections to Show Christ is ‘Still Suffering Today’
For Sister Eugenia Bonetti, recently tapped by Pope Francis to write the reflections for Friday’s Way of the Cross, the aim will be to show the world the ways in which Christ still suffers today.
India ‘Cow Vigilante’ Murderers ‘Brainwashed By Propaganda’
The murder was the latest in a series of “cow vigilante” incidents in the country, where Hindus attack Christians and Muslims who are accused of killing cows, which are considered sacred in Hinduism.
China Invites Vatican to Have Pavilion at Beijing Garden Expo
Accepting an invitation from the Chinese government, the Holy See is one of a number of nations and organizations participating in an international garden expo in Beijing.
Jesus Lives After Rising from the Dead
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,A film was recently made by National Geographic, which obtained the rights to film the reconstruction of the Tomb of Jesus Christ.
Pope, Youth Minister Offer Ideas For Bringing Back Young Catholics
The statistics are staggering: Roughly one-third of young Catholics in the United States leave the church before their 18th birthday.
Life Means More
Easter Sunday is the great feast of the Christian faith. Without the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, Christianity would be reduced to some nice humanistic feeling and nothing more – a nice set of rules to live in peace with one another. But with the Resurrection, we are given the assurance that life means more. It is a sharing in the life of the Creator and a prelude to what is to come.
Rachel’s Helpers and the Mystery of Easter Sunday
For several years, my office was just two blocks away from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). I used to go there during the lunch break and spend half an hour looking at one or two works of art. Can we digest more than a couple of masterpieces a day? I wanted to look at one or two great paintings without the tourist rush that turns museum halls into racetracks.
Protestant Parade Rerouted Away from Catholic Churches
An Easter Sunday march by a Protestant fraternal order in Scotland will be re-routed to avoid a Catholic church where a priest was assaulted during a similar parade last year. The route was also moved to avoid a second Catholic church.
Bishop Barron: Tiger Woods’ Epic Isn’t Just About Comebacks, but Redemption
Sunday, April 14, turned out to be one of those magical days that sports fans will always remember, down to the details of where they were when it happened – when, with a fused back and enough personal baggage to sink a battleship, a 43-year-old Tiger Woods nevertheless managed to turn back time and win the Masters.