Notre Dame Cathedral stays dark for first time in 200 years
French Catholics go to nearby church in Paris for Christmas mass following fire in April
Notre Dame Cathedral was unable to hold Christmas Eve mass for the first time in more than 200 years after a fire ravaged its structure in April.
French Catholics instead gathered at the church of Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois, a few hundred metres away from the Paris landmark, for a service celebrated by the cathedral’s rector Patrick Chauvet.