Coronavirus outbreak: Paris’s Notre-Dame holds small ceremony in effort to provide comfort

Nearly a year after fire devastated Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, the city’s archbishop held a small ceremony there to mark Good Friday, praying that Easter’s message of rebirth might bring comfort to a country stricken by the coronavirus pandemic.
Only seven people, including Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit, attended the solemn service, as many more watched on television at home.
French president Emmanuel Macron has set a target of five years for restoring Notre-Dame, but work has been put on hold following the lockdown that began in France on March 17 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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