Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral

Apr 18, 2019 | US & World

By Catholic News Service PARIS (CNS) — A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with saving a reliquary containing the crown of thorns and the Blessed Sacrament...

Vermont’s 10th bishop opens sainthood cause for diocese’s first bishop

Apr 18, 2019 | US & World

By Cori Fugere | Urban Catholic News Service BURLINGTON, Vt. (CNS) — The 10th bishop of the Diocese of Burlington has opened a cause for canonization for the first bishop of the statewide diocese. Bishop Christopher J. Coyne made the official announcement at the...

Guest voice: Infertility Awareness Week

Apr 17, 2019 | Local

By the Office of Family/Respect Life Ministry April 21-27 is National Infertility Awareness week. According to the CDC infertility is described as not being able to get pregnant after one year or longer of trying to conceive a child. About 10% of women in the United...

Seton Catholic Central Show Choir sweeps Worldstrides Boston Heritage Festival

Apr 17, 2019 | Local

The Seton Catholic Central Select Chorus under the direction of Jan and Shannon DeAngelo won five gold medals at the March 28 Worldstrides Boston Heritage Festival. Competing against 14 schools from Montreal to California, Seton won gold medals in every category:...

Cathedral called symbol not just of faith, but ‘fact all humans have souls’

Apr 16, 2019 | US & World

By Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Here is an April 16 column on the Notre Dame Cathedral fire from CatholicPhilly.com, the news website of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It was written by M. Jean Duchesne, a French Catholic guest columnist, and...