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Benefit concert for Notre Dame Cathedral to end with Resurrection piece
The concert at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is free and open to the public with a freewill offering to help repair the cathedral that was severely damaged in the April 15 fire.
Brother priests and military chaplains reunited in burial ceremony
Amid the ceremony of a military burial, Father Francis Brett was reunited after more than 50 years with his younger priest brother Robert -- both Philadelphia natives -- at Arlington National Cemetery.
Catholics want church to invest in ethical funds, survey says
Nine in 10 respondents to a new survey said Catholic organizations should invest church funds in socially responsible ways in line with Catholic values. A third of respondents said they are giving less to their parish.
Justices lean toward including citizenship question in next census
Although about 6.5 million people might not participate in the 2020 census if it asks about their citizenship, a majority of Supreme Court justices in oral arguments April 23 favored including it anyway.
Man faces charges for trying to walk into cathedral with flammables
A New Jersey man was charged with attempted arson, reckless endangerment and trespassing after being stopped April 17 in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York carrying gas cans, lighter fluid and igniters.
Service marks 20th anniversary of Columbine rampage
The former principal of the high school where 12 students and a teacher were killed by teenage shooters at the Colorado high school said each day, "the first thing I do is recite the names of my beloved 13."
New York starts fund to restore burned Notre Dame Cathedral
Cardinal Timothy Dolan said the fundraiser, which has already garnered more than $150,000, was a way for everyone to help "rebuild this magnificent house of faith and monument to Western civilization."
USCCB president decries terrorist bombings on Easter
Cardinal Daniel Dinardo called the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka targeting the country's minority Christian community "a great evil." He was joined by other bishops and the head of the Knights of Columbus.
Notre Dame to Notre Dame: University to donate to cathedral restoration
Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, has directed the university to donate $100,000 toward the renovation of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Knights CEO says Iran-backed militias threaten Iraq’s religious minorities
In an April 12 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, the CEO of the Knights of Columbus said that "Christian towns in Iraq increasingly look neither Christian nor Iraqi -- but Iranian."