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French fight back against Macron plan to replace historic windows at Notre Dame

French President Emmanuel Macron is pressing forward with plans to replace 19th-century stained glass windows at Notre-Dame Cathedral despite widespread public opposition.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Dec 16, 2025Dec 17, 2025

Pope Leo must ‘intervene’ after Brigitte Macron’s ‘profane’ reception of Communion: French priest

French priest Guy Pagès appealed directly to Pope Leo XIV, insisting he must address the scandal of Brigitte Macron receiving Communion despite her public opposition to Church teaching.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Dec 8, 2025

Chief architect of Notre Dame reveals devotion to Our Lady inspired him to rebuild her cathedral

'I spent five years saying nothing about this because I'm a civilian, serving in a secular republic,' chief architect Philippe Villeneuve revealed. 'But now I have to reveal that yes, I have a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.'

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Dec 11, 2024

Donald Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, Pope Francis to skip

President Donald Trump has announced he will attend the grand reopening of Notre Dame de Paris this coming weekend, while Pope Francis has declined to attend. The iconic cathedral has been repaired after the devastating fire of April 2019.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 3, 2024Dec 3, 2024

Bells of Notre Dame Cathedral ring in streets of Paris for first time since 2019 fire

The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral were heard in the streets of Paris this week for first time since the 2019 fire, just one month before the church is scheduled to open on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Nov 9, 2024Nov 12, 2024

Ex-feminist apologizes for 2013 anti-Catholic protest at Notre Dame Cathedral

In an October 31 video, Marguerite Stern, who has become a leading figure in the fight against LGBT indoctrination, extended her remorse to Catholics for running topless in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris following the resignation of Benedict XVI in 2013.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024

Swiss Bishop Eleganti condemns blasphemous Olympic opening ceremony: ‘Insult to Jesus Christ’

How much longer do we have to put up with this obsessive homo-, trans- and ‘queer’ activism, which is constantly and ruthlessly thrust upon us everywhere and at every opportunity that presents itself?

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Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Aug 5, 2024Aug 5, 2024

France’s enshrined abortion amendment is another nail in Europe’s demographic coffin

Despite France's demographic challenges, the newly adopted amendment reflects a trend of abortion radicalism across Europe.

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Jonathon Van Maren

• Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024

Did my daughter’s prayers save Notre Dame? New film suggests they did

I came away from 'Notre Dame brûle' with the feeling that the cathedral’s survival was no less than a miracle.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Apr 1, 2022Apr 22, 2024

‘Woke’ Notre Dame cathedral restoration plan receives French gov’t commission’s approval

Plans to turn the landmark into a 'politically correct Disneyland' include contemporary art, a discovery trail, luminous phrases projected on the walls and remodeled side chapels to reflect 'ecological thought.'

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Dec 9, 2021

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French fight back against Macron plan to replace historic windows at Notre Dame

Pope Leo must ‘intervene’ after Brigitte Macron’s ‘profane’ reception of Communion: French priest

Chief architect of Notre Dame reveals devotion to Our Lady inspired him to rebuild her cathedral

Donald Trump to attend reopening of Notre Dame cathedral, Pope Francis to skip

Bells of Notre Dame Cathedral ring in streets of Paris for first time since 2019 fire

Ex-feminist apologizes for 2013 anti-Catholic protest at Notre Dame Cathedral

Swiss Bishop Eleganti condemns blasphemous Olympic opening ceremony: ‘Insult to Jesus Christ’

France’s enshrined abortion amendment is another nail in Europe’s demographic coffin

Did my daughter’s prayers save Notre Dame? New film suggests they did

‘Woke’ Notre Dame cathedral restoration plan receives French gov’t commission’s approval