upsetting to hear. [fi fii}, shocking, absolutely shocking. upsetting to hear. [it is shocking, absolutely shocking. upsetting to hear. [l is shocking, absolutely shocking. how they are going to give that touch upsetting to hear. [l is shocking, absolutely shocking. how they are going to give that touch back upsetting to hear. [l is shocking, absolutely shocking. how they are going to give that touch back to upsetting to hear. [l is shocking, absolutely shocking. how they are going to give that touch back to this upsetting to hear. [l is shocking, absolutely shocking. how they are going to give that touch back to this really incredible _ touch back to this really incredible building? - good morning, rebuilding will begin today. i decided to propose a short—term plan because i was convinced that this is what would make it possible to create results and create hope on a huge scale. he said we would never get there. it was really ambitious.

to look at this fire and the fear of

applause a big round of applause there and the crescendo of church bells, charting the progress made since that fire, showing pictures of the toe thousand

artisans, engineers and other workers who have helped make this dream of resurrecting notre dame within five minutes. notre dame within five minutes. not only a possibility but a reality. —— 2000 artisans. applause and there we have a parade of some of the firefighters, the brave firefighters. there were 600 of them in all. thank you to you from the cathedral itself, and indeed from the french nation, for their work. it was thanks to them that this cathedral still stands in its entirety. their tireless work to put those flames out. that's meant that when all was done, and the dust has settled, it

was just the roof, and the dust has settled, it wasjust the roof, the and the dust has settled, it was just the roof, the spire, and some parts of the interior that were damaged and destroyed. but the building itself remains. the applause continues. applause and now we are seeing some of those who helped shape the cathedral into what it is

today. as i mentioned earlier, the cathedral coming back to life was the work of 2000 artisan, engineers, architects, carpenters. this thank you is for all of them. applause the congregation itself applauds them as they make their way out of the alter area. and there are hundreds of

people lined along the river sign, to my left and my right. some of them have been applauding together with the congregation who are inside the cathedral. and there is president trump. in between the president trump. in between the president of france and his wife. he also applauding the firefighters. as soon as the they said it was impossible. and yet hen as 5 are. they said it was impossible. and yet hen as soon as firefighters. as soon as the fire was put out, president firefighters. as soon as the firefighters. as soon as the fire was put out, president macron made a promise that the macron made a promise that the cathedral will be rebuilt cathedral will be rebuilt within five years. many people within five years. many people at the time didn't believe it. at the time didn't believe it. they said it was impossible. they said it was impossible.

and yet here we are. and yet here we are. the firefighters taking their places amongst the congregation. applause the ceremony now continues. and

life in france for many years. how emotional do you feel when you see that thank you for those firefighters who so bravely fought to save the cathedral from those flames five years ago? fix, cathedral from those flames five years ago?— five years ago? a lot of emotion. _ five years ago? a lot of emotion. this - five years ago? a lot of emotion. this is - five years ago? a lot of emotion. this is the . five years ago? a lot of. emotion. this is the best five years ago? a lot of- emotion. this is the best for france. and the contrast is so huge. between the cohesiveness of the nation, behind the reconstruction of the cathedral. the message of hope that stems from that moment. and the petty reality of politics. the best people were chosen to rebuild the cathedral. why couldn't the best people be chosen to govern france? this is, i think, best people be chosen to govern france? this is, ithink, a contrast which a lot of french citizens are deeply aware of. but right now what prevails is

the spirituality of the moment. the message of hope. but tomorrow the darkness of the political environment will unfortunately political environment will u nfortu nately return. political environment will unfortunately return. as if that's moment was just a beautiful, but only a beautiful parenthesis. it beautiful, but only a beautiful parenthesis.— parenthesis. it is so interesting, - parenthesis. it is so - interesting, dominique, when you talk about the best of france. and really, the resurrection, the reconstruction, the renovation of this cathedral. that proves what france can do. what it is capable of and where it's spirituality and cultural heart live. yes. a message of unity in a time of live. yes. a message of unity in a time 0— in a time of political polarisation. - in a time of political

polarisation. in - in a time of political polarisation. in a i in a time of political i polarisation. in a way, in a time of political - polarisation. in a way, those will rebuild the cathedral. by giving a lesson to the political leader of france. a lesson that unfortunately may not be listened to. 0r followed. not be listened to. or followed.— not be listened to. or followed. �* , . followed. as we hear the beautiful _ followed. as we hear the beautiful music, - followed. as we hear the beautiful music, which i l followed. as we hear the i beautiful music, which i am sure, given the work of the acquisitions on the sound, even more heavenly insights. professor of theology, candida moss. it is good to have you here. i want to talk to about what we are seeing now. the camera is taking us around the cathedral, showing us beautiful statues, artefacts, and i'm

sure we have seen things that haven't been seen for a number of years. so important to the catholic church as well. that is riuht. catholic church as well. that is right- it — catholic church as well. that is right. it is _ catholic church as well. that is right. it is a _ catholic church as well. that is right. it is a very - catholic church as well. that is right. it is a very powerful moment _ is right. it is a very powerful moment. the programme of the cathedral— moment. the programme of the cathedral was very carefully thought through. many of the figures — thought through. many of the figures that you see, statues, artwork— figures that you see, statues, artwork around the cathedral. are important, saints in france, _ are important, saints in france, the saints that was the first_ france, the saints that was the first bishop of paris, if you wiii — first bishop of paris, if you wiii this _ first bishop of paris, if you will. this programme, this artistic— will. this programme, this artistic moment with music and the artwork, it is very powerful. seeing the cathedral lies, _ powerful. seeing the cathedral lies, -- — powerful. seeing the cathedral lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise — lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise like _ lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise like a _ lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise like a phoenix from the ashes — rise like a phoenix from the ashes is _ rise like a phoenix from the ashes is a _ rise like a phoenix from the ashes is a moment for all of france _ ashes is a moment for all of france. we can see a when or resurrection is the right language for it. for the first time — language for it. for the first time we _ language for it. for the first time we have seen on screen,

the 107 — time we have seen on screen, the 107 bishops that are there. we saw— the 107 bishops that are there. we saw them in the corner of the frame _ we saw them in the corner of the frame with the peaked caps that they were wearing. this is catholicism at its best. the music, _ catholicism at its best. the music, artwork, ambiance. all of these — music, artwork, ambiance. all of these scenes, both from the life of— of these scenes, both from the life ofjesus, the hebrew bible, _ life ofjesus, the hebrew bible, as christians call it, the — bible, as christians call it, the old _ bible, as christians call it, the old testament, enveloping the old testament, enveloping the attendees and surrounding them — the attendees and surrounding them for— the attendees and surrounding them for this moment that has, as dominique just said, may be momentary and fleeting but right— momentary and fleeting but right now is majestic. those are the _ right now is majestic. those are the bishops to the left of the screen, to the left of the musicians. there are also parish _ musicians. there are also parish priests from every parish _ parish priests from every parish in _ parish priests from every parish in france. thank you for that, candida. as

the music comes to an end, applause, once again, from the crowd out here who have braved the rain and the wind. they have come to capture these moments, to be here, to be present, with this front row seat at the making of history. applause another round of applause for the musicians. as the

congregation awaits the next stage. emmanuel macron. translation:— stage. emmanuel macron. translation: before we get started, translation: before we get started. to — translation: before we get started, to tell _ translation: before we get started, to tell you _ translation: before we get started, to tell you how- started, to tell you how thankful the people of france are. this is gratitude to everyone who saved, helped and rebuilt notre dame. gratitude to everyone present at this moment where we are going to restore it to the catholics of paris. the catholics of france and the catholics of the whole world. yes, tonight the bells of notre dame are ringing again. and this is an amazing

moment, and soon we will hear music of hope, known to france, people of the world, the bells of notre dame are ringing again. they have accompanied us through history. they sound, they ring for everyone who has seen the crown of thorns for henry iv during his religious wars, for the widow of louis the 13th and the victories of louis xiv, for napoleon, on a day in 180a for victor hugo. he used them to dream and think about quasimodo, a return to

hope one evening in 1896. for the days that we celebrated the liberation under general goal. to france, to its soldiers, it's great people, yes, those bells rang. everyone who has been part of our history. at the same time, we will never hear that voice again. the 15th of april 2019, the news of the fire was on everyone's lips. the fire spread to the transept, the smoke was dark, black, and there were hours of fighting the fire. the decision to see what would happen, all

of these moments of hope, to see what might happen to the stone and the glass. for hours students came down from... to find... people in times square stood in front of those images. and in moscow, faithfulfrom all over gathered in front of embassies. indonesia, we had people praying for notre dame. —— niger. there were people awaiting the worst news as we saw the fires spread. and yet there was hope as well. some people might call a chance, others destiny, others might

call it providence. but certainly it was the result of bravery. the firefighters and their leaders made one last attempt, more dangerous than another, to scale the facade to go into the fire and to save what was left when the flesh fell into the cathedral. and then, there was the message, we have mastered the fire. the firefighters new around midnight, we were able to see what had happened. there was no more spire, the transept had collapsed, there was lead flowing everywhere, an acrid

smell and so much that had disappeared. and yet, the virgin mary was intact, immaculate, just a few centimetres from the fallen spire. notre dame had been saved. disfigured but saved. by the bravery, courage, of these people. and so then there were the moments when everything was up the moments when everything was up in the air, everyone with hope, sadness, uncertainty, desolation of not saying notre dame as it was before. the dizziness of not knowing that notre dame of paris might disappear. and that cathedrals are also immortal. —— mortal. we decided to take the leap. we

had the will, the hope, comedy daring to rebuild notre dame. to make it