Although still damaged and scarred by fire, Notre Dame Cathedral has briefly come back to life in a Paris locked down against the coronavirus.
Still damaged and scarred by fire, Notre Dame Cathedral came back to life — if only for a fleeting instant — as a center for prayer on Friday in a Paris locked down against the coronavirus.that ravaged the beloved landmark, the French capital’s archbishop led Good Friday celebrations unlike any that have gone before inside the centuries-old jewel of Gothic architecture.
Venerating a crown of thorns that survived the flames, the bishop said the 40 minutes of prayer, music and readings under the blackened remains of the vaulted stone ceiling showed that “life is still here” amid the coronavirus pandemic “spreading death and paralyzing us.”“A year ago this cathedral in which we find ourselves was burning, causing shock and momentum worldwide to rebuild it,” he said in prayer.
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