The consecration, involving holy water, chrism oil, incense and prayer, transforms the altar into a sacred centerpiece of the cathedral. The reopening of Notre Dame is more than a religious ...

The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is now preparing to celebrate Christmas Mass since recently reopened after years of ...

Spectators gather outside France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris for it’s formal reopening for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861 ...

Nearly 200 years before a catastrophic fire gutted the Paris landmark, Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame helped ...

Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich (C), leads Clergy as they walk down the central isle at the end of the ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris Cathedral on Dec. 7, 2024 ...

The recent grand reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris may be looked upon as the dawn of Western revival.

PARIS (AP) — The reopening ceremonies for Notre Dame were as much a celebration of people as they were a rejoicing at the cathedral's resurrection from fire. Outside, the Catholic faithful ...

After 10 days of solemn reopening Masses, the cathedral's choir La Maîtrise Notre Dame de Paris gave its first sacred music ...

There, thousands of people stood in the rain waiting to hear her sing the French National Anthem at the cathedral’s reopening ... French National Anthem at Notre Dame in Paris on Saturday ...

Notre Dame’s resurrection rejects the timid and self-effacing psychosis that has long strangled the West. It is a physical ...