Due to state secularism laws in France, the state owns and operates the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and the French state has been responsible for the design and restoration of the building.
The Archdiocese of Paris, meanwhile, is responsible for the interior furnishings and liturgical elements of the cathedral – such as the chairs, baptismal font, altar, reliquaries and shrines.
The archdiocese’s choice of design for new liturgical furnishings has also proven controversial.
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