Post by Owen on Apr 14, 2020 0:29:38 GMT
1 ~~~ Coronavirus upended Notre Dame’s future. WWII may have some answers ~~~ 75
Plans for the beloved cathedral’s reconstruction have been disrupted by the pandemic.
But Europeans have faced a similar situation before.
At the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, it was already a Good Friday unlike any in modern memory:
The spring-day sun poured down into the roofless nave as celebrants wore hard hats to shield themselves from falling debris and disposable coveralls to protect against lead contamination.
Nonetheless, the Good Friday veneration of the Crown of Thorns—the prized relic brought to Notre Dame from the Holy Land by Louis IX in the 13th century—continued as it had for hundreds of years.
It was just the second service to be held in the fragile remains of the cathedral since the fire that destroyed its iconic spire and much of the roof of the cathedral nearly a year ago.
But unlike the mass attended last June by dozens of people to mark the two-month anniversary of the conflagration,
this time there was only a handful of socially-distanced celebrants in Notre Dame.
In addition to the protective hard hats, several of the celebrants also wore surgical masks to stem transmission of a virus that had to date infected more than 100,000 French citizens and killed at least 12,000.
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www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/04/notre-dame-coronavirus-future-wwii/
Plans for the beloved cathedral’s reconstruction have been disrupted by the pandemic.
But Europeans have faced a similar situation before.
At the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, it was already a Good Friday unlike any in modern memory:
The spring-day sun poured down into the roofless nave as celebrants wore hard hats to shield themselves from falling debris and disposable coveralls to protect against lead contamination.
Nonetheless, the Good Friday veneration of the Crown of Thorns—the prized relic brought to Notre Dame from the Holy Land by Louis IX in the 13th century—continued as it had for hundreds of years.
It was just the second service to be held in the fragile remains of the cathedral since the fire that destroyed its iconic spire and much of the roof of the cathedral nearly a year ago.
But unlike the mass attended last June by dozens of people to mark the two-month anniversary of the conflagration,
this time there was only a handful of socially-distanced celebrants in Notre Dame.
In addition to the protective hard hats, several of the celebrants also wore surgical masks to stem transmission of a virus that had to date infected more than 100,000 French citizens and killed at least 12,000.
..........................
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/04/notre-dame-coronavirus-future-wwii/