Notre Dame cathedral so fragile it might not be saved, rector says

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I’m praying and hoping it can restored. That Church has be through so much in the past.
 
If there’s a 50 percent chance of its falling apart, there’s a 50 percent chance of its being saved. Also, my cynical side always thinks these announcements, coming at times like Christmas, are a plea for funds.

In any event I pray for its restoration every day, and also pray for the return of the French people to church, and from there pray for all the other countries to return to the faith also including our own. I will continue to pray for it every day until it’s either fixed or God says No.

I just hope in the rush to complete it by 2024 they don’t cut any corners that would result in some further disaster down the road.
 
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By the way, what church is the rector standing in when he’s giving that interview in the video clip? @UpUpAndAway do you know?
 
I’m not entirely sure, but it might be Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois in the 2nd arrondissement.
I am confused by the video in the first post. In the original French, Msgr. Chauvet did not say anything about the cathedral possibly being unsalvageable.


"Notre-Dame de Paris is today 50% saved," according to Monsignor Chauvet
“Aujourd’hui, elle n’est pas hors de danger. Elle sera hors de danger quand on aura enlevé l’échafaudage. Il y a toujours un risque, c’est-à-dire qu’elle est aujourd’hui sauvée à 50%. Mais il y a 50% qui fait que si l’échaudage tombe sur les voûtes, ce sont trois voûtes qui vont tomber. Le bâtiment est encore très fragile”
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Translation: “Today, it is not out of danger. It will be out of danger once the scaffolding has been removed. There are still risks, that is to say that today it is 50% saved. But there is still the other 50%, which means that if the scaffolding falls on the vaulted ceiling, three vaults will fall [to the ground]. The building is still very fragile.”

Nowhere in there do I see “we might not be able to save it” except if the scaffolding that remains were to fall on the structure, an incident that has not happened and that those dismantling the scaffolding will obviously move heaven and earth to avoid.

In my opinion, CBS News has misunderstood what the rector said.
 
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Thanks for the translation. I can read French but only at about 50 percent to 75 percent.

CBS News probably misunderstood on purpose.
 
By the way, the LCI article does say that the church Msgr. Chauvet was interviewed in is indeed Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois. ⛪
 
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I’m not entirely sure, but it might be Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois in the 2nd arrondissement.
I am confused by the video in the first post. In the original French, Msgr. Chauvet did not say anything about the cathedral possibly being unsalvageable.

"Notre-Dame de Paris est aujourd'hui sauvée à 50%", selon Monseigneur Chauvet | LCI

"Notre-Dame de Paris is today 50% saved," according to Monsignor Chauvet
“Aujourd’hui, elle n’est pas hors de danger. Elle sera hors de danger quand on aura enlevé l’échafaudage. Il y a toujours un risque, c’est-à-dire qu’elle est aujourd’hui sauvée à 50%. Mais il y a 50% qui fait que si l’échaudage tombe sur les voûtes, ce sont trois voûtes qui vont tomber. Le bâtiment est encore très fragile”
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Essentially he’s saying that until all the scaffolding that had been in place before the fire, and that was welded together by the flames, has been painstakingly cut and removed piece by piece, the structure is still greatly at risk. The high riggers working on this project will certainly be earning their pay!
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That’s my understanding as well, which is why I don’t understand the “we might not be able to save it” assertion in the CBS News video. There’s a difference between “not yet out of danger” and “might not be salvageable.” :woman_shrugging:t2:

Thank you for chiming in. IIRC you are a native French speaker. I am not, and I wasn’t totally confident in the quality of my translation 😬
 
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This is correct, St Germain l’Auxerrois, in the 1st arrondissement. I live in Normandy and was in Paris in November. All Notre Dame masses and services have been moved to this very beautiful church in the Place du Louvre since the fire.
Seeing the cathedral of ND de Paris since the fire is an incredibly saddening sight. Let’s pray it can be saved.
 
Yes, thank you—Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois is indeed in the 1st arrondissement, not the 2nd as I had stated. Oops 🤭

I think really big Masses are held at Saint-Sulpice but the bulk of the liturgy is at SGA until further notice.
 
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I think you’re right about that, I did hear something to that effect. Not that I’m in Paris a lot. Living and working in the bocage doesn’t give me a great deal of spare time to visit. I’d say I get in half a dozen times a year at least.
 
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