Melbourne — Australian police said Monday they were seeking three suspects in an arson attack at a Melbourne synagogue, calling it an act of terrorism. Assailants wearing masks set fire to the Adass Israel Synagogue before dawn Friday, police said, destroying much of the building. Some worshipers were inside the single-story building at the time, … Read more
The first mass since the devastating 2019 fire took place on Sunday at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The event took place in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as dignitaries and bishops from around the world. Elaine Cobbe reports on efforts to restore the cathedral.
The plague of missing and murdered indigenous women, long ignored and underappreciated across North America, has become more widely recognized in recent years, thanks to the depiction of awareness in everything from episodic television shows to feature films to award-winning documentaries. Awards. But rarely has barbarism been shown so brutally and poignantly as in “Missing … Read more
Paris — After more than five years of frantic reconstruction work, Notre-Dame Cathedral showed itself to the world on Friday, with high, rebuilt ceilings and creamy, like-new stone erasing dark memories of its devastating 2019 fire. French television broadcast live footage of President Emmanuel Macron visiting the iconic cathedral, which looked like one worshipers might … Read more