Here is a video from inside Notre-Dame in Paris. You can see what has been going on after the fire. You can see some of the things that survived.
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I note with interest that object of the more traditional sort were spared…was it a sign that the cranmer altar was demolished and high altar preserved? Just sayin’…
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This video recalls Anthony Esolen’s book “Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture.”
At the Register today:
Cathedral in Iraq’s Largest Christian Town to be Rebuilt in 2020
The Great Al-Tahira [Arabic: “pure” or “virtuous”- feminine] Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida remains charred black inside, five years after the Islamic State plundered and set it aflame; however, in 2020 the Syriac Catholic cathedral will be restored as Iraq’s largest Christian community fights to rebuild and regain what was lost.
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The cathedral in Iraq’s Nineveh Plains was constructed from 1932-1948 as Catholic farmers donated each year from their harvest, the priest explained. The Great Al-Tahira served a growing Christian community, until the Islamic State turned the cathedral into an indoor shooting range from 2014-2016.
After Bakhdida’s liberation from the Islamic State in 2016, Masses resumed in the damaged cathedral as Christians returned to rebuild their community.
I hadn’t realised there were that many shaky pillars and vaults. Hope they’ll get everything strengthened soon.
Notre Dame doesn’t look nearly as bad as it could be. Obviously there is a lot to be done, but just doing the clean up has made it look a lot better. Get through this winter, and they’ll be able to do a lot next year.