Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is getting ready to reopen its doors this weekend, five years after flames tore through the landmark. We’re taking a look at the time that has passed since then.
Francophone parishioners at St. Paul and St. Agnes Church in Brooklyn were devastated to see the flames but held onto hope and took comfort in their faith.
Thousands of people, from architects to artisans, have worked to fulfill French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2019 promise that Notre Dame would be restored entirely in just five years.
The cathedral’s reopening has stirred a resurgence in faith: a record-breaking number of people were baptized in France this Easter.