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Retired principal Frank DeAngelis gives a hug to Columbine High School alum Rachel Burr March 17, 2018, after a group of former students and survivors took a private tour of their school in Littleton, Colo.

Memorial service marks 20th anniversary of shooting rampage at Columbine

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LITTLETON, Colo. - After two students at Columbine High School went on a shooting rampage April 20, 1999, killing 12 students and one teacher and injuring two dozen more, then-principal Frank DeAngelis, a lifelong Catholic, began to question his faith, wondering "how could God possibly let this happen?"

A woman weeps during a memorial service for victims in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 23, 2019, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island.

Cardinal criticizes Sri Lankan government for not taking precautions

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BANGKOK - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has blamed the country's authorities for the security lapse he claims could have prevented Easter bombings, in which the death toll surpassed 320.

African countries are among the poorest in the world and the offshoring of company profits is costing each of them nearly $1 billion per year, says Fr. Charlie Chilufya.

Morals, taxes do not mix well: Jesuit economist

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Updated 04/23/2019

Accounting isn’t nearly as dull as we think it is, at least for those who practise the craft on behalf of international corporations that don’t want to pay taxes.

People in Colombo, Sri Lanka, react April 22, 2019, as military attend a suspected van containing explosives. Sri Lankan officials reported 290 confirmed deaths from the eight blasts at churches and hotels in three cities the previous day.

Massive Sri Lanka Easter bombings traced to little-known group

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BANGKOK - The Sri Lankan government blamed little-known Islamic group National Thowheeth Jama'ath for the Easter suicide bombings that targeted three churches and three luxury hotels across the country.

Surrounded by students, Dominican Sr. Mary Jo Sobieck, a theology teacher at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago, kicked off baseball season by debuting her very own 2019 Topps Allen and Ginter baseball trading card April 8. She signed 260 baseball cards that will be inserted into random Topps trading card packs.

Sister strikes a perfect deal for viral pitch

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WASHINGTON - The perfect pitch Dominican Sr. Mary Jo Sobieck threw prior to a Chicago White Sox game last summer not only went viral but is still out of the park.

The damaged roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is pictured April 16, 2019, in the aftermath of a devastating fire.

Notre-Dame Cathedral faces a long restoration road

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Blending the medieval with the contemporary in the rebuild of Notre-Dame Cathedral will be daunting, said the lead architect on the restoration of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Cathedral.

Pope Francis delivers his Easter blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 21.

Pope expresses 'sadness and pain' at Easter attacks in Sri Lanka

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed "sadness and pain" after news broke of multiple bombs that exploded in several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing at least 207 people and wounding hundreds in the capital city of Colombo and the neighbouring cities of Negombo and Batticaloa.

People react as the coffin holding the body of former Peruvian President Alan Garcia arrives at the APRA party headquarters April 18, a day after he died of a gunshot wound believed to be self-inflicted.

Peruvian archbishop urges calm after ex-president kills himself

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LIMA, Peru - The president of Peru's conference of bishops called for calm after two-time former Peruvian President Alan Garcia died April 17 after shooting himself in the head as authorities prepared to arrest him.

Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, talks with French journalists at a Paris fire station April 17, 2019. The priest led the effort to save religious artifacts from Notre Dame Cathedral during the April 15 fire.

Fire chaplain helped save religious artifacts from burning cathedral

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PARIS - A hero emerging from the Notre Dame Cathedral fire April 15 is Father Jean-Marc Fournier, chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade, who is credited with saving a reliquary containing the crown of thorns and the Blessed Sacrament from the burning cathedral.

A reliquary containing what tradition holds is Jesus' crown of thorns is displayed during a ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris March 21, 2014. A major blaze engulfed the iconic cathedral April 15, 2019, sending pillars of flame and billowing smoke over the center of the French capital.

Notre Dame fire showed that beauty still matters, art historian says

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VATICAN CITY - As people in Paris and around the world watched in horror as flames consumed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral, the blaze also stirred genuine emotions that could come only from witnessing the loss of beauty, art historian Elizabeth Lev said.

Firefighters inspect one of the rosette windows of 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.

French leaders pledge Notre Dame Cathedral again will grace Paris skyline

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PARIS - Church leaders joined government officials in saying they expect that Notre Dame Cathedral's grandeur will be restored as firefighters extinguished the last flames of a fast-moving blaze that seriously damaged much of the iconic structure.

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