Five years after the devastating fire of April 15 2019, I’m looking forward to participating in the ceremony staged to commemorate the return of the relic of the Crown of Thorns to the cathedral ...

The crown of thorns relic believed to have been worn by Jesus Christ is displayed on the altar during a Good Friday veneration at the St Germain l'Auxerrois church in Paris, Friday, April 2, 2021 ...

The Crown of Thorns - comprising a circle of rushes encased in a crystal and gold tube - was brought back to the newly restored cathedral in a ceremony overseen by the Archbishop of Paris ...

PARIS (AP) — An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” is returning to Notre Dame, five years after it was saved from the flames of the cathedral’s ...