When Notre-Dame de Paris burned in 2019, French president Emmanuel Macron pledged to have the cathedral reopened in five years. With 2,000 workers and hundreds of millions of dollars in donations from around the world, sure enough, five years later, Notre Dame opened its doors over the weekend and held its first public mass on Sunday.
Images of Notre Dame engulfed in flames were haunting. Churches devoted months of prayer to the restoration of Our Lady’s landmark — and, as Catholics celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception this week, it’s an especially fitting time to see the Gothic cathedral reopened.
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