The diocese of Paris announced that a mass will be held on Saturday evening with only about 30 people, including clerics, worshipers and media in attendance.
Those attending the mass will be required to wear hard hats for safety.
Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit will deliver the mass, which will be televised live and streamed online.
Since the fire, two months ago, only a small fraction of the multi-million pound pledges to rebuild the cathedral have been paid.
Hundreds of millions was promised toward the restoration of the cathedral’s roof and spire by some of France’s richest and most powerful families and companies, however, according to officials, so far they have not yet paid a penny.
Instead, it has been mainly American citizens, through the charitable foundation Friends of Notre Dame, who have footed the bills and paid salaries for up to 150 workers employed since the fire.
Protective net inside NOTRE DAME de PARIS during the preliminary work in the cathedral – Philippe Lopez/Pool via REUTERS #n0tredameparis pic.twitter.com/KJU2T3g56t
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This month the foundation is handing over the first payment for the cathedral’s reconstruction of 3.6 million euros (£3.2m).
“The big donors haven’t paid. Not a cent,” said Andre Finot, senior press official at Notre Dame.
“They want to know what exactly their…
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