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The German city of Cologne is considering dropping a depiction of its historic Christian cathedral from the city's logo.

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Feb. 3, 2021 Catholic News Service COLOGNE, Germany -- The Archdiocese of Cologne, which has the largest membership in the German-speaking world with almost 2 million Catholics, is sliding into a crisis of confidence. The German Catholic news agency KNA reports that parish councils, priests and most recently the diocesan council have criticized Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki for his handling of an abuse investigation, and the ferocity of their criticism is unusual. Tim Kurzbach, archdiocesan council chairman, said in late January that Cardinal Woelki had "failed as a moral authority" an...

Michigan’s roads, bridges, dams, harbors, water and stormwater systems are all in need of long-term repairs. That costs lots of money. What would cost more? Not making plans to start paying that money now. (Bridge/Crain’s photo by Michael Lee II) LANSING — In the summer of 2003, a massive power outage brought a swath of the eastern United States and Canada ‒ including much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula ‒ to a standstill. The blackout, which started when a single electrical wire touched a tree in Ohio, left roughly 50 million people in the dark for days, and exposed the vulnerabi...