Weird that the article doesn't mention the string of arson and other attacks on Catholic churches in France in the weeks leading up to the Notre Dame fire.
https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attacks-catholic-churches-fra...
https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attacks-catholic-churches-fra...
It's in French and I don't have the energy to make a summary of it, but basically your original article is a mix of misreading and bad faith interpretations of an already biased original source.