up next we have truth or fake joined by Kathleen Marsh derra over by the bitboard good evening to you Catalina conspiracy theories on alert ahead of the notam cathedral inauguration this coming weekend this of course the massive renovation of the site that was damaged by fire tell us what you found that's right Mark 5 years later the notam is finally rising from its ashes reopening to the public scheduled this Sunday December 88th while a ceremony will be held the day before with about 50 world leaders including Donald Trump will be in Paris this weekend the
event definitely stirred up some conspiracy theories online as we've observed sparked by Emmanuel M's last visit to the cathedral Cathedral before opening on that took place on November 29th were some users spotted uh what they say are Freemasonry symbols in the newly refurbished Cathedral so these claims are mainly posted uh by extreme right or pro-russian accounts on X on Tik Tok uh where these users claim for instance the notam or the Triumph of free masonry a temple of the Antichrist is revealed where this pro-russian user Camille mosco who is known for spreading misinformation claims that
this St star blue vault in the ceiling of the notam has the and with a character in the background she says and now present in the cathedral would be an omnipresent symbol of the Freemasons then we have another user this one and many that claim that the Checker Board of floor composed of black and white squares squares that was laid in the notam in place of the original floor a symbol or proof of Freemasonry that has invaded the cathedral they say finally another viral claim going around where you see uh president Emmanuel maon uh during
the cathedral's visit on November 29th making this symbol with his hands an inverted triangle that users say a clear Illuminati sign okay um so are these Freemasonry symbols or not tell us what you found well we found all far-fetched arguments and baseless claims these are all fake let's begin with this symbol allegedly this user says a character in The stere Vault that represents a Masonic symbol we investigated and we found that this Oculus does not bear a Masonic symbol but that of a virgin and a child surrounded by stars uh we found the symbol on
the no Jam's website where they specify uh that the symbol belongs dates back to 1728 or 1729 a photo of this object actually taken here before 2019 uh which proves that this Oculus was not added with the renovation an object that already existed before this renovation uh it's called the ster Sky a very common symbol and decoration found in parus uh Parisian uh religious buildings including SEL or the church in San PR according to our experts then the checkered floors we verified and even though these are indeed part of the decorum of historic Mason Masonic
lodges as you could see since the colors black and white represent good and evil in Freemason symbolism however this Paving in the nadam has nothing to do with Freemasonry it wasn't even a new addition as you can see here is the picture uh from 2019 of the floor uh where you could see already the presence of this checkerboard floor under the ashes and even better a picture from 2017 from the AFP where you could see a comparison to 2024 uh where you could see that this floor already existed and has been reproduced identically finally there's
no need to demon straight here emuel macon's hand symbol a mere gesture during his Cathedral visit last week that does not prove that he's a secret member of the Freemason Society so all that has proven to be total utter fakery there were many people in France Catalina who still believe that the burning down of nraam was not an accident 2019 it was I was there reporting on it I saw things as they happened perched on a balcony uh but what's the real story behind this some people saying that it was not an accident indeed more
than a conspiracy theory it's actually a reality where some French people believe to have proof that this was far from an accident and in fact intentional uh one year following the fire the Jean Foundation conducted this survey what do the French think shocking findings the survey found that 7% of French people actually consider that this fire was intentional a criminal fire that they say that the government is trying to hide the truth here's the graph that actually shows that 29% of the people believe in red that there are also gray areas that remain in this
affair not really certain if this fire was accidental or not so more than one in Three French people Express their doubts when it comes to this accident theory of the cathedral uh while 54% of the population said that this was probably an accident which is uh the favor the theory favored by investigators who believe that the AC ental cause was due to an electrical fault or a cigarette but most likely as no culprit has been found as the cathedral's long awaiting awaited reopening Mark indeed I wonder who they think would have gained by The Burning
Down of because normally if it's done deliberately someone's doing it for some kind of gain aren't they Catalina thank you very much indeed for truth or fake Catalina Mar de bro there by the bit bird thank you very much indeed we take a short break after that news continues here on Prime news Paris [Music]
