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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July 19, 2020

Lead exposure from Notre Dame fire worse than first thought

When the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris went up in flames in April 2019, images were made even more dramatic by thick smoke tinged with yellow as the 460 tons of lead on the roof and spire melted. After the fire, French officials said the lead did not pose a health hazard, and relatively few... Read More

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June 24, 2020

Venezuelan doctor, set for beatification, bought medicine for patients

Dr Jose Gregorio Hernandez was known for treating hundreds of poor patients for free, and he spent the last years of his life helping Venezuelans fight illness during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The Venezuelan doctor – who has been approved for beatification, a step toward sainthood – also tried to become a priest on... 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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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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October 1, 2019

Jacques Chirac funeral Mass takes place in Paris

Former French President Jacques Chirac was given official honours from France’s Catholic hierarchy during his funeral in Paris on 30 September. Chirac died last week at the age of 86. He served two terms as president and twice as prime minister. “President Jacques Chirac left his mark on the French people through his energy, his... Read More

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September 24, 2019

Bishops oppose medically assisted procreation for single mums, lesbians

France’s Catholic bishops have opposed legislation to allow medically assisted procreation for single mothers and lesbian couples and have urged citizens to help block its enactment. “We hear and understand the suffering of those who cannot have children from their union with a person of the opposite sex and of homosexual women who aspire to... Read More

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July 25, 2019

Heatwave brings new threat to fire-damaged Notre Dame

The heatwave sweeping Europe could cause the vaulted ceilings of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral to collapse, the chief architect of France’s historic monuments has warned. Dozens of sensors dotted around the 12th-century monument have shown no indication that it is deteriorating, but architect Philippe Villeneuve is worried. Mr Villeneuve said on Wednesday that the stone... Read More

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July 21, 2019

Vulnerable to be hit hardest by future temperature shift

The Bishop for the Environment has expressed concern for society’s poorest and most vulnerable after a recent study indicated that more than three-quarters of the world’s major cities will experience a striking change in climate conditions by 2050 compared with today. An evaluation of the world’s 520 major cities by the Crowther Lab found that... Read More

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