Why do we rush to restore Notre Dame yet destroy the divine we see in the natural world?
In the latest in his series of reflections on place and pathways, considers different sorts of pilgrimage
The fire that left Notre Dame gutted and blackened seemed also to set ablaze a common cultural consciousness across much of the western world.
Expressions of grief were certainly not confined to the cathedral’s regular worshippers, or to Catholics who have travelled there as pilgrims, or to the global Christian community.
Beauty which has been inspired by faith in God is not invisible to atheists – even if they would deny the deity who moved human beings to create such monuments.
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