"Last time I came to Notre Dame, they were securing the building with the risk of falling down. Now it's the restoration phase, and they're taking us up to the spire," he said.

PARIS -- On April 15, 2019, the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire, with horrified Parisians watching as its iconic spire burned and fell to the ground.

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Notre Dame's rector, Rev. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, said this week's crowd exceeded expectations. "Before the fire, we saw about 20,000 pilgrims a day," he said. "Now it's closer to 30,000.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said he was praying "to ask the intercession of Notre Dame, our Lady, for the Cathedral at the heart of Paris, and of civilization, now in flames!

The infamous Notre-Dame cathedral fire of 2019 shocked the world. Now, in a two-hour documentary special, ABC will revisit first-hand accounts of the disaster in "Notre-Dame: Our Lady of Paris." ...

"GMA" tours Notre Dame amid renovation before its December 2024 reopening. -- Over four years have passed since Notre Dame Cathedral, the iconic French landmark, caught fire, causing its 19th ...

"Last time I came to Notre Dame, they were securing the building with the risk of falling down. Now it's the restoration phase, and they're taking us up to the spire," he said.