Originally published at National Catholic Register
The architect shared that without Mary’s guidance, he didn’t think the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris would have been possible.
The chief architect of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris shared in an interview with EWTN that he felt Our Lady guided the restoration of the 861-year-old cathedral following the fire that ravaged the building in April 2019.
In an interview with Colm Flynn on EWTN News In Depth, architect Philippe Villeneuve said that he was a believer with a “particular devotion to Mary.”
When asked if he was “a man of faith,” Villeneuve explained that he had kept this private during the rebuilding, but now he is ready to reveal it.
“I spent five years saying nothing about this because I’m a civil servant in a secular republic, and therefore, I couldn’t say something like this,” Villeneuve told Flynn. “But now, I have to reveal that yes.”
“I have a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary, and at the risk of sounding totally crazy — or like Joan of Arc — I never stopped feeling support coming from up there,” he said.
The architect shared that without Mary’s guidance, he didn’t think the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris
