From OSV:
President-elect Donald Trump will attend the upcoming reopening ceremony for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he said Dec. 2. The trip will mark his first foreign trip since his election to a second term.
The 800-year-old cathedral is set to reopen Dec. 7-8, more than five years after a devastating fire in 2019. The weekend ceremonies mark the completion of the yearslong restoration process and will feature dozens of heads of state.
“It is an honor to announce that I will be traveling to Paris, France, on Saturday to attend the re-opening of the Magnificent and Historic Notre Dame Cathedral, which has been fully restored after a devastating fire five years ago,” Trump said in a statement.
Trump added President Emmanuel Macron of France “has done a wonderful job ensuring that Notre Dame has been restored to its full level of glory, and even more so. It will be a very special day for all!”
Trump and Macron have had an at times tumultuous relationship, sometimes working together closely and other times sharply criticizing one another.
