Notre Dame Cathedral Fire: Chicago churches to ring bells in solidarity with Paris

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cardinal Blase Cupich asked all Catholic churches in the Chicago area to ring their bells Wednesday in solidarity with the Archdiocese of Paris after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.
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The bells at Holy Name Cathedral and other Chicago Catholic churches rang at 11:50 a.m., the time locally when the fire in the 13th-century cathedral broke out.

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Nearly $1 billion has been raised to rebuild the fire-ravaged cathedral. French President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to see Notre Dame rebuilt within five years.

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