> Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Let’s not peddle flimsy rumors, especially not those accusing certain groups (as made here using the linked article).

There is nothing to be lost in waiting for actual investigative results. And, fwiw, the early images clearly point to the fire breaking out in the roof, where construction scaffolds are clearly visible in all the images.

This does not look like a reliable source of information at all.

> Although there was no immediate evidence of a connection, France has seen a number of attacks on Catholic churches in the past year, including arson and vandalism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pariss-notre-cat...

https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attacks-catholic-churches-fra...

Since we've had to ask you many times to please stop using this site for ideological battle, we've banned the account.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

aleteia seems to just be a catholic media:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleteia

seems like it's an almost official catholic source