France: Notre Dame must be restored exactly the way it was
Notre Dame must be restored to exactly the way it was before a fire devastated the landmark, the French Senate said on Monday.
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Notre Dame must be restored to exactly the way it was before a fire devastated the landmark, the French Senate said on Monday.
A Paris chaplain who tended to victims of the 2015 terror attack in the city has been hailed as a hero once more, after he entered the burning Notre Dame cathedral to help authorities rescue priceless relics from the blaze.
Update (2:20 p.m. PST) : The cathedral's bell towers have been saved and the fire is weakening, according to French officials.
The spire tumbling down in a blaze, the flames shooting out behind the familiar façade of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris, made our throats close in anguish. French President Emmanuel Macron said his thoughts were with "all Catholics and all French people," but in fact, it felt like the entire world was in pain watching the 800-year-old building turn into a blazing inferno, on its way to becoming ashes and stones.
A Russian flag has been spotted on Salisbury Cathedral in England, in an apparent stunt making light of the poisoning of former KGB agent Sergei Skripal in the city last year.
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