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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.

Smoke rises around the altar inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as a fire continues to smolder early April 16, 2019. Officials said the cause was not clear, but that the fire could be linked to renovation work.

Hope from the ashes: President, archbishop vow to rebuild Notre Dame

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ROME - The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire, continuing what a professor of architecture described as the natural lifecycle of a historic building.

Flames and smoke billow from the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire broke out in Paris April 15, 2019. Officials said the cause was not clear, but that the fire could be linked to renovation work.

Blaze erupts at Paris' iconic Notre Dame Cathedral; cause unknown

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Updated 04/15/2019

PARIS - A major blaze engulfed the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral April 15, sending pillars of flame and billowing smoke over the center of the French capital.

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