Notre Dame Cathedral before the April 15, 2019, fire. (photo: Sacha Fernandez/Flickr)

Rebuilding Notre Dame, Defending Catholic Education (Aug. 3)

In the wake of the April 15 Notre Dame fire, will the great cathedral of Paris be restored faithfully or will there be shocking changes? This week on Register Radio we talk to Register European correspondent Solène Tadié. And then, “Who will defend Catholic education?” That is the question being asked by many Catholics worried about the future. We hear from Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society.

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