C’It is up to him to have the solemn mission of striking three knocks, with his archbishop's crozier, on the doors of Notre-Dame de Paris so that the cathedral reopens, this December 7, after five years of closure. Mgr Laurent Ulrich thus perpetuates an ancestral gesture, drawn from Catholic tradition, and which finds its source in Psalm XXIII of the Bible. He solemnly pronounces the words, the Master of Notre-Dame responds from inside, then the prelate enters – the first – into the building, followed by Emmanuel Macron and the invited heads of state.
At the head of the diocese of Paris for a little over two years, Laurent Ulrich, aged 73, is thus experiencing a consecration – it is true to say so – and can finally take possession of “his” cathedral.Before give up your seat, in…
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