Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2019, the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris was devastated by a terrible fire. Restoration works took more than five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before Vespers began, Pope Leo XIV stopped before the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns, a relic brought to the city by King Louis IX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Pope Leo XIV vested according to the piety of Notre Dame, the evening prayer of Vespers began. Thus the Church in France shared its burning flame of faith with the universal shepherd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LEO XIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That pain was not only felt by Catholics, nor only by believers. In that dramatic moment, we understood that Notre Dame is more than a monument. The collective effort to rebuild it, and the magnificence of the result we see today, reveal that the heart of a people beats in this place; that we are at the vital center of a civilization; that past and future embrace; that heaven and earth meet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Leo XIV did not only speak of a cathedral reconstructed, he reminded those gathered that Notre Dame does not exist simply to be admired: its reason for being is prayer and the praise of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LEO XIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, more than ever, we live in an age that seems to lack fullness, depth and promise. The noble simplicity of song, of the spoken word, of the liturgical gesture can be, for many, a light of hope, an oasis of peace in a hyperconnected and noisy society, where one can experience the presence of the Author of the greatest love.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Pope's presence in Paris called not only for a Mass but an evening of Vespers, as thousands of faithful followed the service from the banks of the Seine, fulfilling the pope\u2019s words at Notre Dame: a united Church, both in the capital and in the most distant regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daniel del Castillo Gonz\u00e1lez In 2019, the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris was devastated by a terrible fire. Restoration works took more than five years. Before Vespers began, Pope Leo XIV stopped before the reliquary of the Crown of Thorns, a relic brought to the city by King Louis IX. With Pope Leo XIV […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":94517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IcoqxkT7Bxo","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b03notredameeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b03notredameint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94520"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94523,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94520\/revisions\/94523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}