Notre Dame Cathedral Archives

Workers to begin untangling charred metal web on Notre Dame

Jun 7, 2020

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.

By Associated Press

Crown of Thorns will return to Notre Dame Cathedral for Good Friday

Apr 7, 2020

Nearly one year after a fire ravaged the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the city’s archbishop will briefly return to the cathedral its most prized relic, the Crown of Thorns, for veneration on Good Friday, the day in which Catholics commemorate Jesus’s suffering and death.

By Elise Ann Allen

Renovation chief: Notre Dame Cathedral is not saved yet

Jan 5, 2020

Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin who is overseeing the reconstruction of the fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral told French broadcaster CNews on Sunday that “the cathedral is still in a state of peril” after last year’s fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire as the cathedral was undergoing renovations.

By Sylvie Corbet

Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved

Dec 25, 2019

The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a “50% chance” the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.

By Associated Press

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