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The facade of Notre-Dame de Paris is seen on Dec. 7, 2024, ahead of its official reopening ceremony after more than five years of reconstruction work (OSV News photo/Ludovic Marin/Reuters).
Arts & CultureIdeas
Jason M. Baxter
If the burning of Notre-Dame was a fitting symbol for the de-Christianization of France, could the restoration of Notre-Dame be a hopeful omen?
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
‘A Man Escaped’ is a story of a man seeking temporal salvation, but Robert Bresson’s film takes on deeper meaning, becoming a parable of the Spirit.
People protest against a law to legalize euthanasia as the Spanish Parliament prepares to vote on it in Madrid in this Dec. 17, 2020, file photo. On March 18, 2021, Spain's parliament legalized physician-assisted suicide. (CNS photo/Susana Vera, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bridget Ryder
“Just don’t open the door. They can’t enter without a court order,” Ms. Castellanos recalled her advice to Maricarmen. “If she had opened the door that day her daughter would be dead.”
Martin Sheen stars in a scene from the movie "The Way." (CNS photo/Producers Distribution Agency/ARC) (Oct. 7, 2011)
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
During Lent, we are called through death to new life. In “The Way” that journey becomes literal.
United States Vice-President JD Vance delivers a speech during the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bridget Ryder
E.U. regulations on artificial intelligence may not be global in scope, but they affect 450 million consumers and companies will have to implement E.U. rules and adopt them for other territories for cost-saving reasons.
A girl who was part of a procession holds the flag of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day in Dublin March 17, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Kevin Hargaden
Tens of thousands of tourists flock to Ireland each year for the St. Patrick’s Day Festival. But in the midst of the concerts, parades and art installations, one figure is strikingly absent—Patrick himself.