00:00Did the Pope really snub Emmanuel Macron over Notre Dame's windows?
00:05Emmanuel Macron
00:10went viral last week for the iconic sunglasses he wore at the World Economic
00:15Forum in Davos.
00:16But the French President was also subject to viral claims of a different country.
00:20This post on X and many like it claim that Pope Leo cancelled a meeting
00:25that he was due to have with Macron in early January over his disapproval of the Notre Dame
00:30Cathedral's new stained glass windows.
00:32The Pope will allegedly remove the arch
00:35bishop of Paris from his seat because Notre Dame is the property of God rather than the state.
00:40Anne says the atmosphere between France and the Vatican has become detestable and unhealthy.
00:45All this might sound dramatic, perhaps overly so, and that's because none of
00:50it is true.
00:51France's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs clearly rejected the claims.
00:55On X stating that the meeting is still being arranged.
00:58In a tongue-in-cheek response
01:00it's said that aligning the Pope and the President's agendas remains one of the greatest mysteries.
01:05and that they'd get a nice photo out of it when it does happen.
01:08The Vatican has said more or less
01:10the same thing
01:11explaining that efforts to schedule a meeting are ongoing
01:14and that none of the
01:15issues raised online are the reason.
01:17Notre Dame's new stained glass windows have been the same
01:20subject of controversy, though, following the 2019 fire that destroyed much of the iconic
01:25cathedral, new windows were proposed as part of restoration efforts.
01:29Supporters say
01:30that the new designs represent Notre Dame's rebirth
01:33and reference traditional biblical stories.
01:35in a contemporary style.
01:36Critics, however, argue that the windows clash with its historic
01:40character
01:41denounce potential political influence by Macron
01:44and claim that
01:45the windows don't need replacing as the original survived the fire.
01:50of our own battle of our own.
01:51At 4th 14, we have no time to tell what the管 is.
01:52That is not your answer,
01:53but the entire time has a full perspective provision of life.
01:54that they're going to be replaced by a practical argument.
01:55And the governor in the center of aqua,
01:56who has been down to the district.
01:57We have one of our own actions on the central park.
01:58The one on the right to the center of the arm.
01:59The second on the right to the left.
02:00And, as a former adversary,
02:01we have two other options.
02:02We have a couple other options on the left.
02:03And there's a lot of options on the right to the left.
02:04We have a couple other options on the left.
02:05We have two options on the right to the right.
02:06The other options on the right to the right
02:07and the right to the right to the right to the right.
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