Thoughts on the World after the Notre Dame Fire

Like many pivotal moments in history, I think most of us have an “I remember when I first heard Cathedral of Notre Dame  was on fire moment.” It simply was unfathomable to think something so historic, so iconic and so classic could go up in flames. People started sharing photos from trips with family and friends, expressing gladness for having visited or regrets for missing a chance. There was a universal commonality to our shock and sadness.
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When people started gathering in the streets and began to sing hymns, I was taken back to a moment from my college travels in what was then the Soviet Union. 

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