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Notre Dame cathedral to hold first Mass since catastrophic fire

By Jon Brown
Published June 14, 2019 12:28am ET
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Notre Dame cathedral to hold first Mass since catastrophic fire
View of Notre Dame Cathedral from the top of the Tour Saint Jacques, in Paris, Friday May 31, 2019. Saint-Jacques Tower, 52-metre (171 ft) flamboyant Gothic tower is all that remains of the former 16th-century Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie ("Saint James of the butchers"), which was demolished in 1797, during the French Revolution, leaving only the tower. | (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris will be conducting a worship service Saturday, the first since a catastrophic fire destroyed its roof and spire on April 15, the Monday of Holy Week.

The attendance will be necessarily limited for safety reasons, CNN reports.

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