Nantes Cathedral on Fire

following on from the disastrous fire at Notre Dame in Paris last year, another Christian treasure has mysteriously gone up in flames.

https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/18/large-fire-at-nantes-cathedral-in-france

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Nantes&f=live

last month someone tried to burn Rennes Cathedral down, but were thwarted by alert passers-by.

Reply 1

Captain Haddock

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Details are still murky, hopefully we'll get a clerestory soon.

Reply 2

the bear

OP

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Original post by Captain Haddock

Details are still murky, hopefully we'll get a clerestory soon.

Aisle be interested to see who is arrested :beard:

Reply 3

the bear

OP

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the magnificent 17th century organ has been completely destroyed:

https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyMDA3NjZiYjMyOWViNzY2NWY2Mjk5YzNjNjllNGIzNjdlMTQ

Reply 4

JOSH4598

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Many churches have 'caught fire' in the US too:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12119884/churches-burned-black-lives-matter-protests/

I'm by no means a fan of The Sun, but many news outlets have failed to give this much coverage. They say "A number of Catholic churches have been torched and vandalized in the US as cops investigate whether this is linked to the ongoing statue protests."

Reply 5

Occitanie

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Arson investigation after blaze at 15th-century French church -

Saturday's incident is being treated as a criminal act, a prosecutor said at the scene. Pierre Sennes said three fires had been started at the site.

However, the damage was not as bad as initially feared.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nantes-cathedral-fire-saint-pierre-paul-france-damage-church-today-a9625946.html

Really, really, sad news for so many believers in Nantes but also across France.

I grew up in a Christian family, but I consider myself agnostic, and I'm greatly concerned about the country's culture and history.

Reply 6

Occitanie

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Original post by JOSH4598

Many churches have 'caught fire' in the US too:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12119884/churches-burned-black-lives-matter-protests/

I'm by no means a fan of The Sun, but many news outlets have failed to give this much coverage. They say "A number of Catholic churches have been torched and vandalized in the US as cops investigate whether this is linked to the ongoing statue protests."

Not a fan of the Sun either, however, there are a lot of attacks against the Church happening across the US in recent days/weeks.

I'm not sure the Evangelicals will take this on the chin. We can forget that these buildings and statues are big parts of their lives and hold a lot of significance.

Reply 7

Occitanie

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Original post by the bear

following on from the disastrous fire at Notre Dame in Paris last year, another Christian treasure has mysteriously gone up in flames.

https://www.euronews.com/2020/07/18/large-fire-at-nantes-cathedral-in-france

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Nantes&f=live

last month someone tried to burn Rennes Cathedral down, but were thwarted by alert passers-by.