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Notre Dame Rector: Fragile Cathedral Might Not be Saved
AP ^ | 12/25/19 | Jeffrey Schaeffer and Angela Charlton

Posted on 12/29/2019 8:02:21 AM PST by marshmallow

PARIS (AP) — The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a “50% chance” the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.

Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn’t likely to begin until 2021 — and described his “heartache” that Notre Dame couldn’t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.

“Today it is not out of danger,” he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. “It will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.”

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; islam; islamic; koranimals; muslim; muslims; notredame; paris
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To: rfreedom4u

Amen.


21 posted on 12/29/2019 9:16:21 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: bgill
it’d be half repaired already

Notre Dame Paris belongs to the French government and has for over 200 years. Catholics are allowed to use it for Holy Mass.

22 posted on 12/29/2019 9:17:46 AM PST by pbear8 (the Lord is my light and my salvation)
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To: Clutch Martin

The Cathedral in Baltimore was also constructed by stone cut completely off site and then put together like a giant LEGO project.


23 posted on 12/29/2019 9:25:57 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: marshmallow; 2111USMC
I got an idea. Take the frigging scaffolding down!

To get a bit of perspective as to what is involved, this is a good place to start.

Reporters granted a rare look at restoration of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral

24 posted on 12/29/2019 10:09:30 AM PST by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: marshmallow

I’m not Catholic. I scoff at the French for a number reasons. I’ve never been, never will, go to Paris or France. But I would hate to see Notre Dame destroyed.


25 posted on 12/29/2019 10:10:33 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: marshmallow

They’ve been doing a lot — it’s a big job:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/inside-notre-dame-a-blow-by-blow-account-of-work-on-the-fire-ravaged-cathedral


26 posted on 12/29/2019 10:11:28 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: marshmallow

A great icon of the Christianity that once was in France. If someone hated Christianity, and wanted to destroy one of its great icons, this would have been the target.

There is a tight cap on information surrounding the origin of the fire. Wondering if there is a connection.


27 posted on 12/29/2019 10:38:59 AM PST by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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To: fwdude

Answer is simple. Tear it down and build a Mosque. Saudi Arabia would pay for it. Statues and artifacts placed in museums for dead religions, Mary next to Venus and other forgotten gods. Or, build a Russian Orthodox cathedral with onion domes and icons, to welcome Russian troops when they roll in. Putin might even pay for it.


28 posted on 12/29/2019 10:49:16 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound ovil.f the guns!)
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To: American in Israel

I rue the day that muslims(SPIT!) ever came into being on this earth.


29 posted on 12/29/2019 10:50:43 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: 2banana

Better yet, send Trump. Will be fixed faster, better and for less!


30 posted on 12/29/2019 11:48:35 AM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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