To: ealgeone
It might belong to the Catholic Church. If so, the Church should rebuild it.
22 posted on
04/16/2019 1:55:35 PM PDT by
motor_racer
(If you don't read the news, you are uninformed. If you read the news, you are misinformed.)
To: motor_racer
Under a 1905 law, Notre-Dame de Paris is one of 70 churches in Paris built before that year which are owned by the French state. While the building itself is owned by the state, the Catholic Church is the designated beneficiary, having the exclusive right to use it for religious purposes in perpetuity. The archdiocese is responsible for paying the employees, for security, heating and cleaning, and for ensuring that the cathedral is open free to visitors. The archdiocese does not receive subsidies from the French state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris#Ownership
Surprised me the Roman Catholic Church didn't own Notre Dame outright.
26 posted on
04/16/2019 2:07:26 PM PDT by
ealgeone
To: motor_racer
It belongs to the state - to the govt. of France--- IIRC, because the Archdiocese of Paris could not afford the the requisite maintenance and repair, and France could not afford to let it crumble and lose it as a national cultural monument and tourist attraction. So it became a U.N. World Cultural site, concert venue and French Ministry of Heritage (or whatever) asset.
This is not unusual in these post-Christian cultural milieux.
However, it was still a working house of Prayer. A FReeper posted on one of these threads the daily and weekly prayer schedule: Masses, Liturgy of the Hours and so forth.
No Imams or Mullahs, no Salat, as far as I know.
35 posted on
04/16/2019 3:19:06 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(Enquiring minds want to know.)
To: motor_racer
It might belong to the Catholic Church. If so, the Church should rebuild it.You'd think so, but it belongs to France.
44 posted on
04/16/2019 7:20:32 PM PDT by
SJackson
(Pilgrims, doing the jobs Americans won't do)
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