Notre Dame celebrates 1st Mass since devastating April fire

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:50:08 +0000

Notre Dame celebrates 1st Mass since devastating April fire

PARIS – The archbishop wore a hard-hat helmet, burnt wood debris was still visible and only about 30 people were let inside, but Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday held its first Mass since the devastating April 15th fire that ravaged its roof and toppled its masterpiece spire.

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Police eye electrical short-circuit in Notre Dame fire probe

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:17:41 +0000

Police eye electrical short-circuit in Notre Dame fire probe

A French judicial police official said investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused Notre Dame Cathedral fire.

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Bishop: Notre Dame will be closed up to 6 years

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:37:13 +0000

Bishop: Notre Dame will be closed up to 6 years

PARIS — The latest on the fire that tore through the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (all times local):1:20 p.m.Notre Dame’s rector says he will close the burned-out Paris cathedral for up to six years.Bishop Patrick Chauvet acknowledged that the famed monument would close down for “five to six years” as he spoke with local business owners Wednesday, two days after a blaze torched the roof of the cathedral and brought down its spire.

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Prosecutor: No evidence of arson at Notre Dame

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:05:37 +0000

Prosecutor: No evidence of arson at Notre Dame

The Paris prosecutor said there’s no evidence of arson in the Notre Dame fire and that they’re working on the assumption that the blaze was an accident.

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Lorenzana: Jolo and Zamboanga blasts likely unrelated

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:37:59 +0000

Lorenzana: Jolo and Zamboanga blasts likely unrelated

MANILA, Philippines — The grenade explosion in Zamboanga City before dawn Wednesday is likely not related to the recent twin bombings in a Jolo cathedral, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.

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Davao City Catholic churches ban bags, backpacks after Jolo cathedral blasts

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 03:22:01 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Churchgoers are no longer allowed to bring in bags, backpacks, knapsacks, boxes, cartons and similar items inside Catholic churches in Davao City.

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