The architecture of the building certainly is relevant to the worthiness of its re$toration by the state, and it is you who is evading this issue as a fundamentalist Catholic who has expressed a preference for the days of popes cosseted away in the plush red velvet of the Vatican.
I see you brought your coven - or your familiar - with you.
I find it sad that certain Americans have no understanding or appreciation of the gifts of Western civilization. You have cut yourself off from your past and you see no satisfaction in the future of society. For you, history begins whenever your particular religion or sect began or split from another sect. I’m different. I love the glories of our cultural achievements. I visit them, read about them, and celebrate them. I hope that they will last long enough for future generations. Which is why I hope France can sort this out. The kind of foot traffic Notre Dame and St. Mark’s in Venice get contribute to these kind of problems.
It would seem in the week that the great Billy Graham has passed away that some of you would stop the Catholic bashing for a minute. But, no...