Volunteer Confesses to Starting Three Fires at Nantes Cathedral

On July 18, a fire started at the Nantes Cathedral, or Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, in Nantes, France. Although firefighters were able to stop the flames from destroying the main structure of the cathedral, a 17th-century organ was destroyed, along with stained-glass windows that contained original 16th-century glass and a painting by Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin from 1835. This Sunday, a Rwandan refugee who worked as a caretaker at the cathedral admitted to setting three fires at the main or...