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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
I don't get the call for donations to rebuild the cathedral. The Catholic Church is worth billions and billions of dollars.
[Besides, it strikes me as a bit unseemly to apparently care so much about a building and not so much about the people who may have been abused in it or in other similar structures.]
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I think its very apparent that the structure in all its magnificence means a whole lot to ALL people of France (and beyond) and very little to do with the Catholic Church.
It was a symbol for them of things way beyond what you suggest here...and rightfully so. Its a huge piece of modern history that should be celebrated and preserved as long as it possibly can.
Think of what that building has survived between wars, weather and such?
Remarkable...and really glad at least some of it survived.