Paris’s Notre-Dame to host first mass after 2 months of devastating blaze
The date has been chosen as it is the anniversary of the consecration of the cathedral's altar, which is celebrated every year on June 16.
The date has been chosen as it is the anniversary of the consecration of the cathedral's altar, which is celebrated every year on June 16.
Riot police unleashed tear gas at the so-called "yellow vest" protesters who took the streets of the French capital against economic injustice.
At the Elysee Palace, President Emmanuel Macron received 250 firefighters to express France's "pride" of their "exemplary" response to contain the blaze.
The "Yellow Vest" movement, a nationwide protest against weak economic performance and stagnant income increase under President Macron.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday expressed the "emotion of a whole nation" on seeing the famed Notre-Dame cathedral ablaze and its spire collapse.
This is not the first time that the spire of Notre-Dame has suffered damage. In the 18th century, during the French Revolution marked by widespread anti-Catholic violence, the cathedral was vandalised, its spire dismantled and treasures plundered
The fire destroyed the roof of the 850-year-old UNESCO world heritage landmark, causing the spectacular Gothic spire of the historic edifice to crash to the ground, wiping out centuries of heritage; no human casualty reported
