Four months after its reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral hosted an emotional Easter ceremony Friday centered on the Crown of Thorns relic.

Notre Dame Cathedral has hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019.

Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral has some surprising stories to tell before it reopens this weekend after five years of restoration.

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral has showed its new self to the world Friday.

Nearly $1 billion in donations were pledged within days of the fire that ravaged Paris' Notre Dame cathedral five years ago.

Notre Dame is gearing up to reopen its doors in December as Paris is on the verge of a remarkable eco-revival.

The restoration process looks as if it will make Notre Dame better than ever for tourists.

The restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral following a tragic blaze in April 2019 is a story of dedication and recovery.

The decorated French general in charge of the ambitious, big-budget restoration of fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has died.

Carpenters building a new timber frame for the fire-ravaged roof of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral are using the same tools and techniques as their medieval predecessors.

French officials say the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024.

The rector of Notre-Dame says the burned-out Paris cathedral and its esplanade could remain a building site for another “15 or 20 years.”.

Notre Dame rector Patrick Chauvet, second right, stands as part of the Maundy Thursday ceremony, while cellist Marina Chiche, left, performs in Notre Dame Cathedral, Thursday, April 1, 2021, almost two years after a massive fire ravaged the Gothic cathedral. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)PARIS – A Holy Thursday service in Paris was held at Notre Dame cathedral, which is still under construction after it was ravaged by flames just days before Easter in 2019, its spire crumbling in a shocking blaze. The ceremony involved a foot-washing ritual that symbolizes Jesus’ willingness to serve. Paris Bishop Michel Aupetit led the rite, accompanied by Notre-Dame’s rector Patrick Chauvet. Attendance at the service was sharply restricted due to the cathedral’s reconstruction and the pandemic.

FILE - In this Sunday, April 21, 2019 file photo, workers fix a net to cover one of the iconic stained glass windows of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Notre Dame cathedral officials have said Friday, March 5, 2021 the first eight oaks destined to replace the spire of the scorched Paris monument have been selected from the Berce forest in the French Loire region. The iconic spire that was 96 metres (315 ft) high was completely destroyed in the fire that ravaged the Paris cathedral in 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)PARIS – The first eight oak trees destined to replace the destroyed spire of Paris' scorched Notre Dame cathedral have been selected from the Bercé forest in the French Loire region, church officials said on Friday. The iconic, 96 meter (315 foot) spire was completely destroyed in the fire that ravaged the Paris monument in 2019.

In this photo provided by Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris soprani singer Julie Fuchs and the Notre Dame Cathedral choir recording a Christmas concert on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The concert will be broadcasted on French television on Christmas. (MSNDP/Musique Sacree Notre-Dame de Paris via AP)PARIS – Wearing hard hats and protective suits, members of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral sang inside the medieval Paris landmark for the first time since last year’s devastating fire for a special Christmas Eve concert. The public was not allowed and isn’t expected to see the insides of Notre Dame until at least 2024. The Notre Dame choir used to give 60 concerts a year inside the cathedral but has been itinerant ever since, moving among other Paris churches.

(AP Photo/Daniel Cole)PARIS – The attack in Nice on Thursday follows a spate of Islamic extremist violence in France in recent years. Here is a look at some of those attacks:— Oct. 16, 2020: History teacher Samuel Paty is decapitated in the Paris suburbs. — June 1, 2017: An Algerian man wielding a hammer attacks police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral. He had declared his allegiance to the Islamic State. — Jan. 7-9, 2015: Attacks on the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher grocery leave 17 dead.

People wearing protective face masks as precaution against the conoravirus walk out of the archaeological crypt underneath the parvis of Notre-Dame cathedral which reopens today in in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The archaeological crypt was shut down after the cathedral caught fire in April 2019, and it returns with a exhibition called Notre-Dame de Paris from Victor Hugo to Eugene Viollet-le-Duc . Actually, this exhibition was ready one year ago.The crypt contains remains from archaeological digs discovered underneath the Ile de la Cite, taking visitors back in time. But it is Hugos novel that helped grow the global reputation of the cathedral, de Moudenard said. It contributes to making this cathedral a national monument, she said in an interview.

A general named to oversee reconstruction of fire-devastated Notre Dame Cathedral has received a public reprimand for advising the chief architect for Frances historic monuments to shut his mouth.Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelins battlefield-style talk irked Culture Minister Franck Riester who tweeted on Thursday that such remarks are unacceptable.The incident highlights disagreements over the medieval Paris landmarks reconstruction. Architect Philippe Villeneuve insists that the buildings signature 19th Century spire, which collapsed in the April fire, should be rebuilt exactly as it was instead of being redesigned from scratch with a possible contemporary touch. Georgelin told a parliament commission Wednesday the decision should be taken serenely, indicating that all options should be left open. He said he had told Villeneuve several times ... to shut his mouth.

(CNN) - City officials in Paris shut down the streets surrounding the Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday to begin decontaminating the area for high levels of lead. The Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire on April 15, destroying the structure's spires and parts of the roof. "Our priority is to prevent any risk to employees working on the site," Paris prefect Michel Cabot said. "With new safety protocols and the delivery of two new decontamination units, the quality of lead decontamination of workers, machinery and equipment will be optimized. However, the streets surrounding the cathedral will take more time.

A firefighter hoses down a section of Notre Dame Cathedral following a fire on April 15, 2019. (CNN) - The catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral could have been caused by a burning cigarette or an electrical malfunction, French prosecutors said Wednesday. A preliminary investigation into the April fire, which devastated large parts of the 850-year-old church, found no signs that the blaze was started deliberately, Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said in a statement. Investigators carried out a hundred witness hearings during the preliminary investigation, which concluded on Wednesday, Heitz said. Prosecutors are now looking into the possibility of negligence and said they were opening a judicial investigation.