French police arrest cathedral volunteer who confesses to Nantes fire

A Rwandan is facing up to 10 years in prison after he confessed to deliberately setting fire to the city’s Gothic cathedral. French media reported the 39-year-old man, named only as Emmanuel A, admitted lighting two fires in the area of a 17th-century organ and a third above an electrical panel in the Cathedral of... Read More

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April 16, 2020

Paris archbishop welcomes Macron’s renewed pledge to rebuild Notre Dame

Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris welcomed a renewed pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral. “I can’t speak for all humanity, but this is certainly a moment of global emotion and witness,” Archbishop Aupetit told Radio Notre Dame on 15th April, one year after a fire destroyed part of the historic... Read More

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April 15, 2020

Notre Dame Cathedral restoration halted by coronavirus one year after blaze

The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral has been halted by the coronavirus crisis a year after fire gutted its interior and toppled its spire. Some scaffolding that was erected for an earlier renovation project melted in the blaze on 15th April 2019. The unstable scaffolding further endangers the cathedral. The restoration of the landmark from... Read More

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January 8, 2020

Notre Dame Cathedral ‘not saved yet’

The French general overseeing the reconstruction of the fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral has said the Paris landmark is not saved yet because there is still a risk its vaulted ceilings might collapse. General Jean-Louis Georgelin told French broadcaster CNews on Sunday “the cathedral is still in a state of peril” after last year’s fire. The... Read More

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July 19, 2019

Notre Dame still not safe enough for restoration work, says architect

A French architect says that Notre Dame Cathedral is still not safe enough for restoration work to begin. French television showed the chief architect of France’s historic monuments, Philippe Villeneuve, taking culture minister Franck Riester on a tour of the cathedral, which President Emmanuel Macron wants restored in five years. He said that “we are... Read More

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May 3, 2019

Video game may have a role in Notre Dame Cathedral’s reconstruction

When Paris’ Cathedral of Notre Dame caught fire, the world held its collective breath. The spire fell, and the wooden roof was reduced to ash, but the holy relics were saved, and the interior preserved from the worst ravages of fire. Now more than €1 billion has been raised to restore Notre Dame, and a... Read More

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April 26, 2019

Benefit concert for Notre Dame Cathedral to end with Resurrection piece

An organist from Notre Dame Cathedral – performing a benefit concert in Washington today (Friday) for the reconstruction of the iconic Parisian church – will end his programme, fittingly, with a piece about Christ’s resurrection. The concert at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is free and open to the public... Read More

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April 18, 2019

Vatican firefighter says St Peter’s at much less risk than Notre Dame

After the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, Romans and tourists could not help looking at St Peter’s Basilica and wondering, “what if?” But Maj. Paolo De Angelis, head of the Vatican fire department, told the Italian news agency ANSA that the structural differences between Notre Dame and the basilica and,... Read More

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April 18, 2019

France paying tribute to Notre Dame firefighters

France is paying a day-long tribute to the Paris firefighters who saved the internationally revered Notre Dame Cathedral from collapse and rescued its treasures from a devastating fire. President Emmanuel Macron will host the firefighters for a special gathering to share “words of thanks”, according to his office. Senior government ministers will also take part... Read More

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April 17, 2019

Notre Dame to be closed for up to six years as Macron sets target to rebuild in five

Notre Dame’s rector has said the cathedral will be closed for five to six years, according to the press association. The announcement came after French President Emmanuel Macron set a target of five years for the ruined cathedral to be rebuilt. Mr Macron outlined his hopes for the restoration in an address to the nation... Read More

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Video game may have a role in Notre Dame Cathedral’s reconstruction

Benefit concert for Notre Dame Cathedral to end with Resurrection piece

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