When more than 340,000 people banded together to donate nearly a billion dollars to restore one of the world’s most magnificent Gothic cathedrals, chances are, they weren’t imagining their money going to a chapel with an “environmental emphasis.” Or modern sound and lighting effects intended to make the space more “accessible” and “comfortable” for non-Christian visitors.
But that is exactly what Father Gilles Drouin, appointed to oversee Notre Dame’s restoration by scandal-plagued Archbishop Michel Aupetit, has planned for the 850-year old structure.
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