We really don’t know yet that the Notre-Dame fire wasn’t arson, but whether or not it was that or an accident the great cathedral now exists largely as a French Catholic Brigadoon that emerges from secular mists when a monument is needed for some ceremonial purpose. Few come to stand where once young Paul Claudel, filled with a sense of the ineffable, converted from disbelief to his ancestral faith. [1]Desecrations in France
Maureen Mullarkey, Studio MattersWednesday, April 24, 2019
In Commentary | Comments DisabledWe really don’t know yet that the Notre-Dame fire wasn’t arson, but whether or not it was that or an accident the great cathedral now exists largely as a French Catholic Brigadoon that emerges from secular mists when a monument is needed for some ceremonial purpose. Few come to stand where once young Paul Claudel, filled with a sense of the ineffable, converted from disbelief to his ancestral faith. [1]