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Ashley Bratcher, who plays Abby Johnson, is pictured in a scene from the movie "Unplanned," the story of Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director, and her decision to join the pro-life movement. The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (Unplanned.com)

Seeing abortion

Bishop Robert Barron
April 18, 2019
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In 1850, lots of good and thoughtful people defended the institution of slavery. Now, only insane people would. In 2019, lots of decent and thoughtful people defend the pro-choice position. One can only hope that these recent laws, and this viscerally disturbing film, will hasten the day when only insane people would.

A woman crosses the street near the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J., Jan. 6, 2017. Cathedrals in the United States count on state-of-the-art fire prevention, detection and suppression techniques to prevent the devastation witnessed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris April 15, 2019. Nonetheless, firefighters and cathedral staff remain vigilant. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

U.S. cathedrals rely on state-of-art fire prevention, remain vigilant

Beth Griffin
April 18, 2019
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Cathedrals in the United States count on state-of-the-art fire prevention, detection and suppression techniques to prevent the devastation witnessed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as Holy Week began.

Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, talks with French journalists at a Paris fire station April 17, 2019. The priest led the effort to save religious artifacts from Notre Dame Cathedral during the April 15 fire. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral

Catholic News Service
April 18, 2019
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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 from the burning cathedral.

A reliquary containing what tradition holds is Jesus' crown of thorns is displayed during a ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris March 21, 2014. A major blaze engulfed the iconic cathedral April 15, 2019, sending pillars of flame and billowing smoke over the center of the French capital. (CNS photo/Philippe Wojazer, Reuters)

Notre Dame fire showed that beauty still matters, art historian says

Junno Arocho Esteves
April 17, 2019
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As people in Paris and around the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, the blaze also stirred genuine emotions that could come only from witnessing the loss of beauty, art historian Elizabeth Lev said.

Members of the Saint-Omer Wind Orchestra perform April 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The 70-member orchestra from northern France played four concerts in the area as part of a cultural exchange program spearheaded by the Saint-Omer Foundation for Transatlantic Values. (Christopher Gunty/CR Staff)

Concert celebrates three-century connection between Maryland and France

Christopher Gunty
April 17, 2019
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Opening with the national anthems of France and the United States, the Orchestre d’Harmonie de Saint-Omer (Saint-Omer Wind Orchestra) celebrated three centuries of shared history between the countries with a concert April 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Rome's Colosseum is illuminated during the Way of the Cross March 30, 2018. Pope Francis has asked Missionary Sister Eugenia Bonetti, a long-time activist in the fight against human trafficking, to write the meditations for his celebration of the Good Friday Way of the Cross prayer service at Rome's Colosseum April 19, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope’s Way of Cross will shine light on women ‘crucified’ by traffickers

Carol Glatz
April 17, 2019
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Countless women and girls are being “crucified” by human traffickers, who trick them into slave labor or prostitution, and by those who seek out their services and exploit them, said the missionary nun who wrote the meditations for Pope Francis’ Way of the Cross service.

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