As all Catholics no doubt recall vividly, on April 15, 2019, the Gothic 12th-century icon of Catholicism dominating the Île de la Cité in the middle of the Seine River, Notre-Dame de Paris, was ravaged by flames accidentally caused by renovation work. As the roof, famously comprised of a “forest” of oak beams, blazed and the flèche spire collapsed, the world watched in helpless sorrow.
