Wednesday marks one year since Notre Dame Cathedral was ravaged by flames, destroying the Paris landmark's 800-year-old wooden roof and causing irreparable damage to the inside of the church.
A devastating fire in April ripped through the historic church, sending its famous spire plummeting through the roof.
Just days before the first anniversary of the April 15, 2019, inferno that ravaged the beloved Paris landmark, the French capital's archbishop led Good Friday celebrations unlike any that have gone before inside the centuries-old jewel of Gothic architecture. Venerating a crown of thorns that survived the flames, the bishop said the 40 minutes of prayer, music and readings under the blackened remains of the vaulted stone ceiling showed that “life is still here” amid the coronavirus pandemic “spreading death and paralyzing us."
Dressed in white protective overalls for the ceremony, classical musician Renaud Capuçon played violin, the mournful notes echoing off the walls and pillars that have witnessed months of silence since the blaze.
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