Commentators and theologians have addressed the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral. What do you think?
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Pray Tell Poll: Notre Dame Reconstruction?
Commentators and theologians have addressed the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral. What do you think?
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News on this front: https://www.thelocal.fr/20190528/french-senate-says-notre-dame-must-be-restored-exactly-to-how-it-was
A link to high quality video of the Mass celebrated in a chapel of the cathedral yesterday, 15 June, offers glimpses into the state of the fabric, still being reinforced, and ends with what is, in this context, a specially moving Salve Regina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GR_NqXFNdA&feature=youtu.be&t=98
This link is from 2 months ago, and I don’t necessarily agree with the headline advocacy point, but the information it conveys about the structural and historical context and facts of the fire of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris is excellent, better than anything I’ve yet seen in English-language journalistic coverage:
https://stainedglassattitudes.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/lets-fix-up-notre-dame-with-concrete-and-steel-but-let-the-sun-shine-into-it/
Update: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/notre-dame-to-be-rebuilt-as-it-was-before-the-fire-french-government-says/2020/07/09/f28eafba-c215-11ea-8908-68a2b9eae9e0_story.html