Greywolf336
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The cathedral is also owned by France, not by the Catholic Church, so while I would like to see them chip in I don’t think they will be the biggest contributor.
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THere is some supposition that UNESCO may kick in as well since Notre-Dame is designated as a World Heritage site
France's superrich have joined together and pledged about 600 million euros, or $677 million, to help rebuild Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral after it was ravaged by a fire.
France's superrich join together to pledge over $675 million to help rebuild Notre-Dame, as donations flood in to save the devastated cathedral
Bernard Arnault and his conglomerate LVMH pledged to donate to the Notre-Dame fund, joining the French billionaire François-Henri Pinault.www.thisisinsider.com
There were more than 100 campaigns to raise funds for Notre-Dame on GoFundMe as of Tuesday morning.
A spokesman for the crowdsourcing platform told Reuters that it would be "working with the authorities to find the best way of making sure funds get to the place where they will do the most good."
PARIS — France may be one of the most popular countries to visit as a tourist, but not everyone in France lives a picture-postcard life. Nearly nine million people in France, 14.1 percent of the population, live below the poverty line. Almost one in five people, 17.7 percent, live at risk of poverty in France.
Revealed: The shocking scale of poverty in France in 2018
Single mothers, elderly women and foreigners are among those most affected by poverty in France, according to a new report which details some shocking figures on poverty levels in one of the world's wealthiest nations.www.thelocal.fr
Why was I not made of stone like you?
Quasimodo, to a Gargoyle
I'm not overly impressed by the effort to save relics. I attribute that to my Protestant distaste of the idolic nature of relics.
And then didn't he say something like 'destroy this temple and I will raise it up' ... a 3 day easter weekend - coincidence.I also find myself thinking about how this is Holy Week Monday, a day associated with Jesus in the Temple, confronting the money changers.
A very uncomfortable coincidence.
I wish there was a balance to be able to stop poverty and still retain some beauty and Art in the world.....Yellow Vests Return to Streets of Paris Enraged by Billions Donated to Rebuild Notre Dame
April 20, 2019
The contrast between the French government’s and upper class’s response to Monday’s fire at Notre Dame and ongoing inaction to combat income inequality, was a primary driver of mass protests in Paris on Saturday.
The Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, staged their first major protest since large portions of the historic cathedral burned, apparently due to an electrical short-circuit, to call attention to the €1 billion ($1.1 billion) that the country’s richest families have donated to help rebuild the church, months after the yellow vest movement began demonstrating against income inequality.
“You’re there, looking at all these millions accumulating, after spending five months in the streets fighting social and fiscal injustice. It’s breaking my heart,” Ingrid Levavasseur, a founder of the movement, told the Associated Press.
One sign at Saturday’s demonstration read, “Victor Hugo thanks all the generous donors ready to save Notre Dame and proposes that they do the same thing with Les Miserables,” referring to Hugo’s classic novels about the cathedral and the struggles of impoverished people in France.
I saw that, I like the idea of feeding people and being green BUT.....it doesnt quite have the architectural flow I appreciate from old to new IMO. The top seems to be going off in its own direction ,(like the crystal cathedral) and competing unnecessarily with the bottom.The first proposal for the rebuild of the roof and spire is up. Some interesting ideas. May be too radical for some, but definitely interesting.