Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is ‘monument of humanity,’ says architect
The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is “a monument of humanity,” French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.
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by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic University of America, Church in Europe, News, Notre Dame Cathedral | 0 |
The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is “a monument of humanity,” French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Featured, fire, France, Friends of Notre-Dame, Gargoyle, Jesus' crown of thorns, Michel Picaud, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Restoration, Sponsor a gargoyle, U.S. & World News, UNESCO World Heritage Site | 0 |
A novel fundraising approach to restore one of the most iconic monuments in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, enables donors to have a piece of history.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 24, 2021 | Apostles, Blessed Mother, Father Leonard Andrie, Jesus, Mark’s Gospel, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Ship, st. therese, The Local Church | 0 |
One of my favorite icons depicting the Church is Christ with his Apostles in a boat. Our Lord holds the rudder with the sails up, completely at ease and full of confidence as he looks ahead. Along with the Apostles, the Blessed Mother prays peacefully with her eyes fixed lovingly on her Son.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, France, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Terrorism | 0 |
A Paris court on Wednesday jailed an Algerian man for 28 years after convicting him of attempted terrorist murder for attacking police guarding Notre Dame Cathedral with a hammer in 2017, crying: “This is for Syria!”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church fire, Church in Europe, France, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre Dame Cathedral Fire, Paris, sacred music | 0 |
Pipe by precious pipe, the organ that once thundered through Notre Dame Cathedral is being taken apart after last year’s devastating fire.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured, Hagia Sophia, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Politics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
The world’s most famous church goes up in flames. Some look on in shock and anguish. Some are quietly cheered to watch it go, some not so quietly. Some are too busy to notice—there is a great deal else going on these days. As the fire licks the building’s crest, the terrified, the hopeful, and […]
by bcadmin | Jul 14, 2020 | France, Lead poisoning, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, U.S. & World News | 0 |
When the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris went up in flames in April 2019, images were made even more dramatic by thick smoke tinged with yellow as the 460 tons of lead on the roof and spire melted.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 11, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, France, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, President Emmanuel Macron | 0 |
Notre Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt just the way it stood before last year’s devastating fire.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 7, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, France, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre Dame Cathedral Fire, Paris | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | Emmanuel Macron, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, Picks, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris welcomed a renewed pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 7, 2020 | Archbishop Michel Aupetit, Church in Europe, France, Good Friday, Holy Week, News, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, relics | 0 |
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.
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