Carpenters wow public with medieval techniques at Notre Dame
Paris, FranceAP With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up – by hand – a three-ton oak truss Saturday in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, a replica of the wooden structures that were consumed in the landmark’s devastating April, 2019, fire that also toppled its spire. The demonstration […]
Notre Dame Cathedral’s organ getting four-year-long cleaning
Paris, FranceAP Pipe by precious pipe, the organ that once thundered through Notre Dame Cathedral is being taken apart after last year’s devastating fire. The mammoth task of dismantling, cleaning and re-assembling France’s largest musical instrument started Monday and is expected to last nearly four years. It will take six months just to tune the […]
Workers to begin untangling charred metal web on Paris’ Notre Dame
Paris, FranceAP Workers suspended from ropes will be lowered into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames and begin the delicate job of dismantling the 200 tons of metal. An announcement that the work will start Monday and last through the summer months came Sunday from the […]
Essay: Why the restored Notre Dame cathedral must remain a church
Catholic Archbishop of Paris MICHEL AUPETIT explains why Notre Dame’s purpose should be as it ever was – a place of worship and a house of prayer…
Notre Dame: One year after blaze, debates continue to rage on cathedral’s future
A year on from the devastating fire, CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on the controversy surrounding the reconstruction of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral…
Significant Sights: Virtual tours make church visits possible in a time of coronavirus
With the coronavirus keeping people at home all over the world, DAVID ADAMS looks at how you can visit five of the world’s most famous churches without leaving the comfort of your own home…
Fire-damaged rooster from Notre Dame’s spire goes on display
ParisReuters A battered copper rooster that used to sit atop the spire of Notre Dame Cathedral is to go on public display more than five months after the massive fire that almost burnt the iconic building to the ground. The rooster was one of several culturally-important artefacts salvaged after the fire, on 15th April, which […]
Treasured Notre Dame tapestry restored after blaze
ParisReuters An ornate tapestry woven in the early 1800s and rescued from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire in April is going on public display for only the third time in recent decades. Donated to the cathedral in 1841 by King Louis-Philippe of France, the 25 metre long rug with its colourful […]
NOTRE DAME: CATHEDRAL MORE THAN A TOURIST ATTRACTION, SAYS PARIS ARCHBISHOP, AS REBUILDING PROPOSALS FLOOD IN
TOM HENEGAN, of Religion News Service, reports on plans to rebuild Notre Dame following the April fire which destroyed its roof and spire…
NOTRE DAME: HOLY WEEK SERVICES GO ON DESPITE FIRE
TOM HENEGAN reports from Paris for Religion News Service…