'Both towers of the [Notre Dame] cathedral are safe' and the fire is cooling, says French Secretary to the Interior Minister Laurent Nunez
NOW: French official says "both towers of the cathedral are safe" and the fire is coolingBoth towers of the Notre Dame Cathedral “are safe,” said Laurent Nunez, secretary to the interior minister, hours after a massive fire toppled its spire, burned most of its roof and threatened the centuries-old art and architecture inside.
For generations, Notre Dame has been a place of pilgrimage and prayer, and, even as religion in France has declined for decades, it remained the beating heart of French Catholicism, open every day for Mass.: Notre Dame is not a parish church, meaning that it does not have a regular body of worshippers who"belong" to the church.
"Notre Dame is one of the world’s great treasures, and we’re thinking of the people of France in your time of grief. It’s in our nature to mourn when we see history lost -- but it’s also in our nature to rebuild for tomorrow, as strong as we can," he said.UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he is"horrified" to see the images coming out of Paris.
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