But the flames had yet to reach many of the artworks, artifacts and relics, and it was the Rev. “I had two priorities: to save the crown of thorns and a statue of Jesus,” Fournier said. Days later, the chaplain does not remember the heat inside the cathedral, or the smoke. As the chaplain began removing a statue of Jesus, he said, his colleagues were fighting the fire from the cathedral’s towers. Most of the artworks, artifacts and relics have been moved to the Louvre museum, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said Wednesday.

Source: National Post April 18, 2019 14:54 UTC