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French firefighters gather at the scene of a blaze at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Nantes July 18, 2020. Police are investigating the incident as arson because the fire started in three different places. (CNS photo/Stephane Mahe, Reuters)
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
Although more than 100 firefighters contained the blaze within two hours and stopped it from spreading to the main body of the church, a 17th-century choir organ at the west end of the building was destroyed with much of the choir area and multiple stained-glass windows.
Politics & SocietyFeatures
Betsy Shirley
How the influence of religion and a desire for retaliation have made the U.S. penal system exceptional in all the worst ways
Politics & SocietyNews
Maurice Beaulieu, Catholic News Service
A 24-year-old Florida man who hadn't taken his schizophrenia medication set fire to a church in Orlando was later caught and charged with among other things, attempted second-degree murder.
Protesters burn U.S. flags during a protest in front of Trump Tower, Saturday, July 4, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Ellen K. Boegel
Branding “antifa” (short for “antifascist”) or any domestic association as a terror group is problematic, primarily because the United States “does not officially designate domestic terrorist organizations.”
A woman holds a sign as demonstrators gather in September 2019, at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town during a protest against gender-based violence. (CNS photo/Sumaya Hisham, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Patrick Egwu
A wave of killing of women and children has horrified the country in recent weeks since the gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions on June 1.
FaithFaith in Focus
Valerie Schultz
Feeling restless because we cannot go out to eat or attend a concert hardly amounts to involuntary incarceration.