Peggy Noonan asks why the burning of Notre-Dame Cathedral triggered an emotional reaction around the world:
the flames and smoke evoked similar [to 9/11] feelings of grief and loss, and a sense of portent, especially for Catholics, who saw in the destruction a metaphor for—or a judgment of—the state of their church...
Tuesday morning, the shocking good news: The fire was out, the structure still standing, the great things still there—the radiant cross, the altar, the Pietà , the pews, the relics saved.
It felt like a miracle, didn’t it? I think it was.
From despair to hope....on Holy Week. Unbelievable.
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