RHEIMS CATHEDRAL
RE-OPENED FOE PUBLIC WORSHIP fEleo. Tel. Copyright—United Ansa. (N.Z., and A.P.A., and Sun.) (Received Mav VI 1 p.m.) "PARTS, May 11. Though the restoration has riot been completed, Rheums Cathedral was uopened For public worship for the first lime since the war when 'M. Herriot solemnly handed the key of (he basilica to Cardinal Lucom who remained among his people until the fire start e,l by a German shell in 1917 drove him from his house! M. Herriot, addressing the assembly, said the civilised world had watched the work of destinotion in a stupor. All creeds and opinions felt, ihe wounds of Ihe cathedra! as if they had been suffered in living flesh, There were good Frenchmen and ardent friends of Khciin.s who had really wished ihal the basilica should remain as it was as a lesson. Such a decision would have marked capitulation of the spirft before brutality and violence. The restoration of the cathedral was imperative.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16338, 12 May 1927, Page 8
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160RHEIMS CATHEDRAL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16338, 12 May 1927, Page 8
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