The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:10:29 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Bell tower at historic church in northern France collapses in arson fire /home/international/item/37092-bell-tower-at-historic-church-in-northern-france-collapses-in-arson-fire /home/international/item/37092-bell-tower-at-historic-church-in-northern-france-collapses-in-arson-fire

A man was taken into police custody after a major fire broke out at the historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the northern French town of Saint-Omer in the morning hours of Sept. 2, causing its bell tower to collapse.

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osvnews@catholicregister.org (öÏÓãÊÓƵapp News) International Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:30:53 -0400
Portrait of St. Kateri survives devastating church fire on Easter Sunday /item/32984-portrait-of-st-kateri-survives-devastating-church-fire-on-easter-sunday /item/32984-portrait-of-st-kateri-survives-devastating-church-fire-on-easter-sunday

Amidst the rubble left by the fire that consumed St. Theresa Point Catholic Church on Easter Sunday laid a picture of St. Kateri Tekakwitha almost completely intact.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 16 Apr 2021 09:11:40 -0400
Arrest made in Florida Catholic church burning /home/international/item/31857-arrest-made-in-florida-catholic-church-burning /home/international/item/31857-arrest-made-in-florida-catholic-church-burning

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A man crashed his van through the doors of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Ocala, Florida, early in the morning July 11 and once inside, the church's pastor said, the man set the interior of the church ablaze and drove off.

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cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) International Mon, 13 Jul 2020 08:53:00 -0400
Historic Israeli church reopens in Galilee 20 months after arson attack /home/international/item/24330-historic-israeli-church-reopens-in-galilee-20-months-after-arson-attack /home/international/item/24330-historic-israeli-church-reopens-in-galilee-20-months-after-arson-attack

JERUSALEM – Twenty months after having suffered serious damage from an arson attack, the atrium of the Benedictine Church of the Loaves and Fishes was reopened Feb. 12. German Cardinal Rainer Woelki of Cologne, president of the German Association of the Holy Land, celebrating a Mass to mark the event.

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