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France’s Heritage Authorities Back Controversial Plans for Notre Dame Cathedral’s Interior
The vote by a 24-member committee came shortly after more than 100 of France’s leading figures in the arts and academia criticized the proposals.
The vote by a 24-member committee came shortly after more than 100 of France’s leading figures in the arts and academia criticized the proposals.
Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris venerated the cathedral’s relic of Christ’s crown of thorns inside the damaged cathedral on Good Friday.
In the wake of the April 15 Notre Dame fire, will the great cathedral of Paris be restored faithfully or will there be shocking changes? This week on Register Radio we talk to Register European correspondent Solène Tadié. And then, “Who will defend Catholic education?” That is the question being asked by many Catholics worried about the future. We hear from Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society.
The dreadful fire that devastated large parts of the 850-year-old cathedral Monday evening in Paris also has triggered a wave of solidarity and an unusual consensus among a divided French people.
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