Firefighters, left, tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Need to know: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ravaged by fire
A massive fire engulfed the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris, destroying the entire wooden frame. The roof and spire also collapsed.
Notre Dame Cathedral: A place of worship, history, art
The Paris cathedral celebrated its 850th anniversary in 2013. It has been the most visited monument in France, according to the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Telling the Passover story in the shadow of the Pittsburgh massacre
Joyce Fienberg wanted to make people feel loved and cared for. Her daughter-in-law is using that example to invite non-Jews to the seder table.
Notre Dame, long a symbol of Catholicism in Europe, becomes a picture of its collapse
In recent decades, Notre Dame was more a tourist destination than a place of pilgrimage or a seat of Catholic potency, writes Thomas Reese.
Mayor Pete, lay off the Pharisees!
"Pharisee," again? I hadn't thought of that word in decades. Until Mayor Pete...Jeffrey Salkin writes.
Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque fire burns at the same time as flames engulf Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
A fire broke out at the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem just as flames ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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The Mormon Church still doesn’t accept same-sex couples
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