Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after the French president set a controversial five-year deadline to get the work done.
Associated Press: $1 billion raised to rebuild Paris’ Notre Dame after fire
The steeple collapses as smoke and flames engulf the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.