The doors of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris have reopened to the public after a fire engulfed the beloved structure five years ago. The damage required painstaking restoration and rebuilding. But eight restored bells in the northern belfry have begun ringing in preparation for Notre Dame’s grand return,

An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” has returned to Notre Dame, five years after it was saved from the flames of the cathedral’s devastating 2019 fire.