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Notre Dame

The ceremony to mark the reopening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral, in central Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 11:51 pm
‘MERCI’: France’s Notre Dame Cathedral reopens five years after fire almost destroyed it
US President-elect Trump in attendance with Macron, Zelensky and other world leaders, as firefighters who saved 860-year-old monument from 2019 inferno receive standing ovation
By Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, and his wife Brigitte Macron, third right, visit the restored interiors of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Nov.29, 2024 in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 29, 2024, 8:14 pm
France shows off Notre Dame after ‘impossible’ restoration following devastating fire
Visiting the cathedral, Macron tells workers they healed ‘national wound’ with renovation work costing hundreds of millions of euros after 2019 blaze
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI
An undated photo of the Notre Dame guest house, convent, and church, located just outside Jerusalem's Old City. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 6, 2023, 8:17 pm
In fresh move in tax dispute with Vatican, Israel freezes Notre Dame hotel accounts
Municipality places lien on NIS 18 million in accounts of Vatican-owned church and pilgrim center, as three decades pass without economic agreement with Holy See
By Lazar Berman
In this file photo dated April 15, 2019, Notre Dame cathedral is burning in Paris (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh, FILE)
November 29, 2021, 3:51 pm
Notre Dame in Paris denies post-fire redesign is too radical
Plans slammed as ‘politically correct Disneyland’ include Bible quotes projected in multiple languages, warmer lighting, art installations in place of 19th-century confessionals
By Sandra BIFFOT-LACUT
Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit prays during the Washing of the Feet ceremony for Maundy Thursday, in Notre Dame Cathedral, April 1, 2021, almost two years after a massive fire ravaged the Gothic cathedral. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
April 3, 2021, 5:28 am
Notre Dame says ’15 or 20 years’ needed for restoration
Rector of iconic cathedral, burned out in 2019, says ‘there’s work to do,’ after French President Macron initially set five-year deadline
By AP
French soldiers secure the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice on October 30, 2020 during a tribute to the victims killed by a knife attacker the day before. (Valery Hache/AFP)
November 6, 2020, 1:56 pm
Aghast at recent attacks, French Muslims stand guard outside local cathedral
After a wave of Islamist terror strikes France, Muslim men gather to symbolically protect parishioners in the southern town of Lodeve, ahead of holiday weekend
By Angela Charlton
Hapoel Beersheba fans wave Israeli flags before the UEFA Champions League group stages play-off soccer match between Celtic and Hapoel Beersheba at the Turner Stadium in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 23, 2016. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
October 29, 2020, 3:21 pm
Israeli soccer team in Nice requests extra security after knife attack
Hapoel Beersheba, in France for match against OGC Nice, reportedly relying on local security after deadly stabbing at church
By ToI Staff
Philippe Lefebvre, 64, plays the organ at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)
August 4, 2020, 7:52 am
Notre Dame Cathedral organ begins 4-year cleanup
France’s largest musical instrument is covered in toxic dust from last year’s fire; authorities aim to end restoration by 2024, with organ next playing to mark 5 years since blaze
By NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE and Angela Charlton
Firefighters work to put out a fire at the Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes, western France, on July 18, 2020 (Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP)
July 18, 2020, 12:16 pm
French firefighters control blaze at 15th century cathedral in Nantes
Officials say church’s organ was destroyed and its platform could collapse, but damage is not comparable to last year’s fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
By AFP
A Christian worshiper stands at the closed door of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, April 10, 2020 (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
April 11, 2020, 8:13 am
In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation
The faithful try to find solace in online services, upholding traditions in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic
By Joseph Krauss and ELANA SCHOR
Fire damage to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, April 16, 2019. (Gigarama.ru via AP)
December 26, 2019, 2:08 am
Notre Dame rector says 50% chance cathedral cannot be salvaged
Scaffolding installed before devastating fire could collapse onto vaults, threatening structural integrity of monumental Gothic building, according to church official
By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and Angela Charlton
Smoke billows as flames burn through the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. (Fabien Barrau / AFP)
June 27, 2019, 2:54 am
Cigarette or electrical fault may have caused Notre-Dame fire
Prosecutors rule out criminal intent, but probing negligence in cause of devastating fire that ripped through iconic cathedral in April
By Stuart Williams
Michel Aupetit, Archbishop of Paris, celebrates the first Mass being celebrated in a side chapel, two months after a devastating fire engulfed the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, Saturday June 15, 2019, in Paris (KTO via AP)
June 16, 2019, 2:13 am
With hard hats and tiny audience, Notre Dame celebrates first Mass since blaze
Two months after devastating fire, priests hail first service at the landmark Gothic cathedral as ‘a true victory’
By AP
A worker stands on scaffolding during preliminary restoration work inside the Notre Dame Cathedral, May 15, 2019. (Philippe Lopez/Pool via AP)
June 15, 2019, 5:11 pm
Notre Dame Cathedral to celebrate first mass after devastating fire
Two months after blaze gutted the Paris landmark, 30 clergy and worshipers, in hard hats, to hold small service in safe area of the site as restoration efforts continue
By Karine Perret
Israeli television and radio personality Avri Gilad. February 2 2011. (Oren Nahshon/Flash 90/File)
April 22, 2019, 10:27 pm
Israeli TV host jeered for claiming French hiding Islamist arson at Notre Dame
Avri Gilad called out for peddling ‘unequivocally untrue’ conspiracy theories on Channel 13 morning show
By ToI Staff
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