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Paris Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois, center, celebrates a mass under a portrait of late Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, one of the most influential Roman Catholic figures in France who died last Sunday at 80, into the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Catholicism and rose through church hierarchy, was for years the public face of the church in mainly Roman Catholic France, speaking out on critical issues and serving as a voice of calm wisdom in tumultuous times. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Cardinals follow as pallbearers carry the coffin bearing Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger to the entrance of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on the eve of funeral services August 9, 2007. Cardinal Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Roman Catholicism and became archbishop of Paris, died aged 80. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes FRANCE)

Religious leaders walk past the coffin bearing Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris August 10, 2007. The funeral ceremony for Lustiger, the former archbishop of Paris, mixed prayers from his Jewish roots with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, a faith to which he converted during World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE)

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A jar of earth from the Monastery of St Georges Kosiba near Jericho and the garden on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem rests near the coffin bearing Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris August 10, 2007. The funeral ceremony for Lustiger, the former archbishop of Paris, mixed prayers from his Jewish roots with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, a faith to which he converted during World War Two. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE)

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Jonas Moses Lustiger, left, grand nephew of French Cardinal Lustiger, throws soil from the Holy Land on the coffin containing Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, arcbishop of Paris, during his funeral outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. A sacred Jewish prayer read beneath the sculpted saints of Notre Dame Cathedral opened funeral proceedings for Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, who was born Jewish and converted to Roman Catholicism as a boy. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois (C), follows the coffin bearing Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger as it enters the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris August 10, 2007. The funeral ceremony for Lustiger, the former archbishop of Paris, mixed prayers from his Jewish roots with the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, a faith to which he converted during World War Two. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE)

[onedoug]

Unity in the Oneness of God.

[Cincinna]

Thank you for posting these beautiful pictures.

I am saddened and shocked that the French News (TV5) cable channel in the US did not carry the Cardinal’s Funeral Mass at Notre Dame this morning.

A disgrace, IMO.

President Sarkozy flew back to France from his vacation in NY to honor this noble and beloved man. He will return immediately to join his family in NH. Tomorrow they will travel up the coast to Kennebunkport for an 11 am meeting, then lunch with George and Laura Bush.

I’m sure there will be some great pictures.