Notre Dame Cathedral Archives

Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate

Oct 31, 2019

In France, the conservative-led Senate approved a bill Tuesday banning mothers from wearing headscarves on school field trips, and a survey by the Ifop polling firm published Sunday suggested that eight out of 10 French think secularism is in danger.

By Elaine Ganley

Spurning Amazon aid, Brazil brings up Notre Dame Cathedral fire

Aug 27, 2019

Brazil insisted on Tuesday that it would set conditions for accepting any aid from the world’s richest nations to help fight Amazon fires, saying France couldn’t protect the Notre Dame Cathedral from fire devastation and should focus on its own problems.

By Luis Andres Henao and Christopher Torchia

Texas author’s book a ‘love letter’ to Paris cathedral, the French people

Aug 18, 2019

A testament to the great Notre-Dame de Paris, “The Girl and the Cathedral” is a beautiful retelling of the history of the “greatest flower of Paris” and the “garden of people” who grew around it.

By Elizabeth Bachmann

Notre Dame’s melted lead prompts deep clean for schools

Jul 19, 2019

The city of Paris has ordered a deep cleaning for schools nearest to Notre Dame, whose lead roof melted away in the cathedral’s devastating fire in April.

By Associated Press

Architect: Notre Dame far from safe for restoration work

Jul 18, 2019

A French architect says that Notre Dame Cathedral still isn’t safe enough for restoration work to begin, more than three months after a devastating fire nearly destroyed the monument.

By Associated Press

At Tour de France, a beacon for fire-damaged Notre Dame

Jul 9, 2019

On quiet days at the Tour de France, when even the commentators on French TV talk about the boredom of flat, long, meandering stages where not much happens until the sprint finish, there’s always another star that comes to the fore: France and its magnificent monuments.

By John Leicester