Posted on 04/15/2019 10:33:16 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
Notre Dame cathedral has caught fire, according to the Parisian fire service and eyewitnesses.
Footage posted online shows a large fire engulfing the upper part of the cathedral, with the flames licking around its two bell towers.
A major operation was under way, the fire department added, while a city hall spokesman said on Twitter that the area was being cleared.
Officials in Paris said the fire could be linked to renovation works being carried out at the cathedral.
It comes after France's Saint Sulpice church , used in the filming of Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’ thriller, caught fire in March.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Lordy. Looks gutted except for the stone. From what I understand...the stone was placed later after the wood.
I recommend using steel ceiling joists and/or trusses. Hello? a sprinkler system?
No call at all for the sanctimoniousness.
I didn’t see (Catholic Caucus) in the thread title, so ALL views are welcome on this one.
“Shep Smith — absolutely shameful! So arrogant and biased. I was so upset I I switched the channel to CNN.”
Successful” Hussein Head Mediabots read the scripts put in front of them.
There is a group of people singing hymns at the fire site.
Covered live on RT.
My guess is that the woke western media would not allow this audio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU2oc3D9cQg
Shep is “head” of the news division....so he gets to be the drama queen of breaking news.
That’s why more and more I watch RT when things like this happen.
I want to know whether those in charge had suspended all restoration starting tomorrow because of Holy Week. Last day to destroy the church.
Above link has updates and one pic from interior.
“I predict the new structure will be a mosque”.
Yep.
Can’t recall on which thread someone doubted that daily services continued at Notre Dame. A quick search shows...
SERVICES SCHEDULED DURING THE WEEK
You can attend Mass at Notre Dame during the week, from Monday to Saturday.
Every Monday morning at 8AM, a Mass takes place in the choir. If you wake up later, you can also attend 9AM Mass (except during the months of July, August, and the first 15 days of September).
Every weekday and on Saturdays at 12PM, Mass takes place at the main altar.
You can also attend Vespers at 5:45PM, from Monday to Saturday. It is followed by Mass at 6:15PM at the main altar (6:30PM on Saturdays).
SUNDAY SERVICES SCHEDULE
A series services takes place in the Cathedral on Sundays:
8:30AM: Mass
9:30AM, Lauds service (morning hymns service)
10AM: Gregorian Mass
11:30AM: International Mass
12:45PM: Mass
5:45PM: Vespers
6:30PM: Mass generally presided over by the archbishop of Paris, an important moment for any Catholics visiting Paris.
source:
https://www.pariscityvision.com/en/paris/landmarks/notre-dame-de-paris/mass-notre-dame-de-paris
What Obama said was chilling.
“I recommend using steel ceiling joists and/or trusses. Hello? a sprinkler system”?
You’d better contact the builders and architects with your revolutionary ideas. They would never do that without your advice..
Heart-breaking.
What a sad, sad day.
I appreciate Mom MD not following up—while this is not a caucus thread, I’d hope that common decency would prevail, and thus everyone would recognize that there are some views that would be entirely inappropriate to express on this thread.
“What Obama said was chilling”.
What did he say?
They’re literally burning a cross.
Many of the Medieval German churches were built in the shape of a cross. It is not necessarily obvious unless one knows what to look for.
“What Obama said was chilling.”
What did he say?
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