France
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Notre Dame Cathedral reopening date announced
By AGNES POIRER
Published March 23, 2023Four years after a devastating fire, the date of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been set for Dec. 8, 2024.
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Hope from the ashes: President, archbishop vow to rebuild Notre Dame
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2019Notre Dame Cathedral is “the result of hundreds and hundreds of years of development” with an initial idea, a long and labor-intensive construction process, design changes, additions, demolitions and remodeling over and over again as fashions and usages change, according to a professor from Notre Dame University in Indiana.
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Blaze erupts at Paris’ iconic Notre Dame Cathedral; cause unknown
Published April 15, 2019
PARIS (CNS) — A major blaze engulfed the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral April 15, sending pillars of flame and billowing smoke over the center of the French capital. The fire erupted about 6:30 p.m. local time, and authorities said the cause was not certain but that it could be linked to renovation work that the […]
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Pope calls European Parliament to rejuvenate ‘grandmother’ Europe
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published December 11, 2014STRASBOURG, France (CNS)—The 77-year-old grandson of European immigrants to Argentina, Pope Francis urged the European Parliament to value the continent’s faiths and recuperate a sense of responsibility for the common good to rejuvenate Europe’s social, political and economic life. “In many quarters we encounter a general impression of weariness and aging, of a Europe which […] Full Story