Not just any ordinary old church, either. Not by a long yard. Five Easters ago - the start of Holy Week 2019 - fire broke out at Notre Dame cathedral. Within a couple of hours, the spire and the roof were gone. Whatever the cause of the conflagration, the symbolism of its loss at that particular point in the Christian calendar was sobering.
A church-burning in Paris
A church-burning in Paris
A church-burning in Paris
Not just any ordinary old church, either. Not by a long yard. Five Easters ago - the start of Holy Week 2019 - fire broke out at Notre Dame cathedral. Within a couple of hours, the spire and the roof were gone. Whatever the cause of the conflagration, the symbolism of its loss at that particular point in the Christian calendar was sobering.