Plan to charge €5 to enter fire-hit Notre Dame sparks blazing row

Catholic church condemns idea of charging entrance fee when rebuilt cathedral reopens in December after five years Weeks before its scheduled grand reopening after a devastating fire, Notre Dame has become embroiled in an escalating row over whether to charge future visitors a fee to enter the 12th-century gothic masterpiece. France's culture minister, Rachida Dati, proposed this week that tourists visiting the Paris cathedral, known as "the soul of France" and one of the world's great architect...