French churches honour Nice attack victims; six detained
Paris, FranceAP Churches around France held Sunday services honoring three people killed in an Islamic extremist attack at Notre Dame Basilica in the city of Nice that pushed the country into high security alert, while police questioned six suspects in the case. Nice Archbishop Andre Marceau was preparing for a special nighttime service in the […]
After Nice attacks, Pope Francis and French Catholics call for peace with Muslims
Vatican CityRNS After a man killed three people on Thursday at the Catholic cathedral in Nice, France, Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the French Catholic community, offering prayers for the victims as well as wishes that “the beloved French people may respond united for good against evil”. The attack, one of three on Thursday […]
Notre Dame’s crypt reopens, honours two figures key to the cathedral
Paris, FranceAP The crypt under the plaza in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, spared during the 2019 fire that devastated the medieval edifice, reopened to the public Wednesday after a painstaking cleaning to remove traces of lead dust that spewed from the nearby blaze. The Archeological Crypt of Notre Dame features an exhibition on two […]
Workers to begin untangling charred metal web on Paris’ Notre Dame
Paris, FranceAP Workers suspended from ropes will be lowered into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames and begin the delicate job of dismantling the 200 tons of metal. An announcement that the work will start Monday and last through the summer months came Sunday from the […]
After centuries, no Christmas Day Mass at Paris’ Notre Dame
Paris, FranceBosNewsLife The Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the most famed religious landmarks in the French capital, was unable to host Christmas Mass for the first time in centuries because of a massive fire earlier this year. And there are fears the Paris landmark can not be saved. But the faithful did not give up […]
YEAR IN REVIEW: 12 STORIES THAT HELPED SHAPE SIGHT’S 2019
Sight editor DAVID ADAMS selects 12 key stories that helped shape Sight’s 2019…
Liberal Christian group files ethics complaint against US Attorney General Barr
RNS Faithful America, a Christian advocacy group that often champions liberal causes, has filed an ethics complaint against US Attorney General William Barr, claiming he violated his oath to defend religious liberty for all Americans in a recent speech at Notre Dame University’s law school. The complaint, filed last week with the Justice Department’s Office […]
Fire-damaged rooster from Notre Dame’s spire goes on display
ParisReuters A battered copper rooster that used to sit atop the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral is to go on public display more than five months after the massive fire that almost burnt the iconic building to the ground. The rooster was one of several culturally-important artefacts salvaged after the fire, on 15th April, which […]
NOTRE DAME: CATHEDRAL MORE THAN A TOURIST ATTRACTION, SAYS PARIS ARCHBISHOP, AS REBUILDING PROPOSALS FLOOD IN
TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, reports on plans to rebuild Notre Dame following the April fire which destroyed its roof and spire…
ESSAY: FROM PARIS TO BOSTON, THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF FIRE CHAPLAINS
In an article first published on The Conversation, WENDY CADGE and MICHAEL SKAGGS, both of Brandeis University, look at the work of fire chaplains…