From Crux:
After hosting the summer Olympics earlier this year, Francis this weekend will mark one of the most significant events of the century with the reopening of its famed Notre Dame Cathedral, five years after vast portions were destroyed in a fire.
However, while the inaugural Mass has a high-profile lineup that includes some 50 heads of state and government, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump from the United States, one notable absentee will be Pope Francis, who declined the invitation but is traveling to a small, Mediterranean French island days later.