When asked if the Pope will participate in the opening of the renovated church planned for December 8, 2024, Macron told the TV channel “France 2”: “I hope so, I will definitely invite him. However, I cannot answer for him.”
A year before the planned opening, Macron visited the cathedral that was damaged in the 2019 fire, where restoration work is currently ongoing.
The work is progressing well, the president admitted.
The work on the vault, which was damaged by the spire when it fell, has been completed, and the restoration of the southern and northern aisles of the transept damaged by the fire has also been completed.
The stained glass windows restored by the construction company of Germany’s Cologne Cathedral have been in place for several months.
Since the end of November, the spire, an essential feature of the cathedral’s precincts, has again been visible behind the stalls.
The 96-meter high transept tower collapsed in a fire on April 15, 2019.
2023-12-08 17:40:14
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