Bad weather forecasts have forced the celebrations for the reopening of the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame to be adapted at the last minute, after five and a half years of work, and to move all events inside the temple. “By mutual agreement between the diocese of Paris and the Presidency of the Republic, the entire ceremony will take place inside the cathedral,” the two institutions have indicated in a joint statement, where they specify that wind gusts of between 65 and 80 are expected. kilometers per hour in the region.
Initially, the French president, Emmanuel Macronwas to speak on the esplanade of the cathedral a few minutes after the start of the ceremony, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. It was planned this way to have two very marked times: an official, political and secular ceremony, outside, and another inside, more purely religious, with the archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, as the protagonist. Finally, All interventions will be done within the church.