Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:58:40 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb The cathedral through a childöÏÓãÊÓƵapp (virtual) eyes /features/item/30195-the-cathedral-through-a-child-s-virtual-eyes /features/item/30195-the-cathedral-through-a-child-s-virtual-eyes

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]]> Hamilton Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:03:53 -0400 Editorial: More than a church /columns/item/29398-editorial-more-than-a-church /columns/item/29398-editorial-more-than-a-church

As flames engulfed Notre-Dame Cathedral, threatening to destroy a Paris treasure that for 850 years withstood revolutions, wars and natural disasters, dazed crowds formed impromptu vigils on nearby streets. They prayed, they cried, they sang Ave MariaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:30:44 -0400 Hope from the ashes: President, archbishop vow to rebuild Notre Dame /home/international/item/29335-hope-from-the-ashes-president-archbishop-vow-to-rebuild-notre-dame /home/international/item/29335-hope-from-the-ashes-president-archbishop-vow-to-rebuild-notre-dame

ROME - 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.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:48:44 -0400 Shooting in cathedral leaves five dead, four injured in Brazil /home/international/item/28606-shooting-in-cathedral-leaves-five-dead-four-injured-in-brazil /home/international/item/28606-shooting-in-cathedral-leaves-five-dead-four-injured-in-brazil SAO PAOLO – A gunman opened fire inside a Brazilian church, killing four people and injuring four others before turning the gun on himself, police said.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:16:04 -0500 Edmonton cathedral given a $1.4-million facelift /item/26951-edmonton-cathedral-given-a-1-4-million-facelift /item/26951-edmonton-cathedral-given-a-1-4-million-facelift EDMONTON – Ukrainian Catholics are celebrating the completion of a $1.4-million restoration of St. JosaphatöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Cathedral, a spiritual and historic landmark in downtown Edmonton for nearly 80 years.
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The future of an historic cathedral in Quebec has been secured by a transaction that saw the local bishop trade away a former convent and his diocese assume the cathedralöÏÓãÊÓƵapp $300,000 debt.

]]> Canada Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:34:10 -0500 Cathedral closed over safety concerns /item/20478-cathedral-closed-over-safety-concerns /item/20478-cathedral-closed-over-safety-concerns

TORONTO - First construction stripped St. MichaelöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Cathedral of its spiritual atmosphere, now it is blocking parishioners from entering the pews and sacred space.

]]> evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:30:00 -0400 Historic Quebec churches no longer untouchable /item/20461-historic-quebec-churches-no-longer-untouchable /item/20461-historic-quebec-churches-no-longer-untouchable

QUEBEC CITY - With the decision to close one of its largest and most important churches, the Archdiocese of Quebec is sending a clear message: The future of even the most majestic churches cannot be guaranteed any more.

]]> Canada Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:00:00 -0400 Richard III, Catholic king of England, reburied at Leicester Cathedral /home/international/item/19934-richard-iii-catholic-king-of-england-reburied-at-leicester-cathedral /home/international/item/19934-richard-iii-catholic-king-of-england-reburied-at-leicester-cathedral

MANCHESTER, England - One of England's last Catholic kings was reburied three years after his skeleton was discovered in a coffin beneath a parking lot.

]]> International Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:30:00 -0400 Who will pay? Romanian court orders tower next to cathedral demolished /home/international/item/15773-who-will-pay?-romanian-court-orders-tower-next-to-cathedral-demolished /home/international/item/15773-who-will-pay?-romanian-court-orders-tower-next-to-cathedral-demolished

BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian appeals court ordered a new 18-story office building demolished because it threatens the Bucharest cathedral's physical security and was illegally constructed.

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