Donations for the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral after it was severely damaged by a fire Monday are already nearing $1 billion, according to the Associated Press.
In only 1.5 days, contributions have reached 880 million euros, or $995 million, according to presidential cultural heritage envoy Stephane Bern. The French government is in the process of establishing a special office to handle larger donations, according to the AP.
Donors thus far have ranged from large corporations like Apple and the owners of L’Oreal, Chanel and Dior to local parishioners and residents of small and midsized French towns, according to the news service.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s declared that the ancient cathedral will be completely repaired within five years.
Read more at The Hill.
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They should charge Iran, Syria and the “Palestinian” Terrorists who burned down the chuch for all the damage.
Iran, Syria and the Palestinians went to the basements of all 13 chuches this week to burn them down?
What about funds for the other 12 chuches whose basements have been ignited this week, including 1 in NYC on Sunday, hmm? Some of them, like the Notre Dame “mistakenly” destroyed much of the insides.
Very good, let the fools throw away their money and may it all go to waste
is there any reason that the pic is of BMG new campus?
Will we be getting robo calls from the churches like we already get from 100’s of so called heimeshe fund raisers a month?