"Pray for good weather," he said to laughs. "But also pray for what God wants you to learn from the experience."

"We can overcome evil with good if we stand together."

Catholic schools and parishes are gearing up to host solar eclipse events.

Brother Angel Duples, the general director of an elite school founded by the Marist Brothers in Argentina, has admitted he sexually abused a student 38 years ago.

Kosovo's government backed the cathedral. Its foundation stone was laid in 2005 by the late President Ibrahim Rugova, a Muslim.

Israel's 1978 Antiquities Law was tightened in 2012 and again last year, so that all licensed dealers are now required to share images of everything in their inventory.