Religious leaders and parishioners gathered Sunday for the first time since a fire ravaged Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral five years ago, celebrating the medieval church's rebirth and marking the

Paris’s fully restored Notre-Dame Cathedral held its first mass since it was largely destroyed in an inferno in 2019. The iconic landmark was reopened to the public on Saturday with much pomp and fanfare.

Newly restored Notre Dame cathedral held its first mass on Sunday, with Christians celebrating the return of the French capital's most famous place of worship after a historic re-opening ceremony.Groups of worshippers huddled under umbrellas on Sunday beyond a strict security perimeter set up outside Notre Dame.

After just five and a half years of construction, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was reopened with a ceremony on Saturday. The Gothic building was partially destroyed by a major fire in April 2019. Numerous heads of state and government attended,