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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.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the media alongside Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, left, and Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit, outside Notre Dame Cathedral April 16, 2019, after a fire broke out in the iconic Paris structure. Officials said the cause was not clear, but that the April 15 blaze could be linked to renovation work. (CNS photo/Philippe Wojazer pool via Reuters)

Archbishop Aupetit invites Parisians to light a candle to dispel fire’s darkness

Catholic News Service
April 16, 2019
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Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris invited the faithful to attend the annual chrism Mass at historic St. Sulpice Church April 17 in the wake of the massive fire that seriously damaged the historic Notre Dame Cathedral.

El Padre Héctor Mateus-Ariza, pastor de la parroquia Resurrección de Nuestro Señor en Laurel, conversa con un trabajador migrante antes de una Misa del 10 de abril en el hipódromo de Laurel Park. La parroquia regularmente lleva su ministerio a los inmigrantes que trabajan en el complejo. (Kevin J. Parks/CR staff)

Con su ministerio en Laurel Park, sacerdote quiere oler no a ovejas, pero a ‘caballos’

Norma Montenegro Flynn
April 16, 2019
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“El Papa dice que tengamos olor a oveja, pero yo quiero tener olor a caballo”, dijo el padre Mateus-Ariza con una sonrisa, refiriéndose al llamado del papa Francisco a los sacerdotes a evangelizar caminando entre su rebaño. “Una de las razones por las que me gusta el papa es exactamente por eso, porque se trata de salir y estar con la gente”.

People pray in front of Notre Dame Cathedral April 16, 2019, after a fire broke out in Paris. Officials said the cause was not clear, but that the April 15 fire could be linked to renovation work. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Hope from the ashes: President, archbishop vow to rebuild Notre Dame

Cindy Wooden
April 16, 2019
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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.

The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is seen in a 2017 photo. The cathedral, built on an island in the middle of the Seine River, marked its 850th anniversary in 2013. The spire fell and the roof collapsed during a massive fire April 15, 2019. (Christopher Gunty/CR Staff)

‘Infinite sadness’ marks the loss of grand Cathedral of Notre Dame

Christopher Gunty
April 16, 2019
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I’ve visited the grand cathedral a few times since the late 1990s. It is an impressive place to visit and to pray.

The main entrance of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is pictured in this Nov. 15, 2015, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Ave Maria: Seeking Jesus in tragedy

Rita Buettner
April 16, 2019
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Somehow, in the midst of all the updates that statues had been removed for cleaning and that much of the artwork had been carried out safely, I couldn’t find anything about the Blessed Sacrament.

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