Four months after its long-awaited reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral welcomed worshippers and tourists alike on Friday for an emotional Easter ceremony centered on the Crown of Thorns, a circular band of branches encased in a golden tube and one of Catholicism’s most revered relics. (AP video/Oleg Cetinic and Jeffrey Schaeffer)
Notre Dame cathedral marks Good Friday with Crown of Thorns ceremony
Four months after its long-awaited reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral welcomed worshippers and tourists alike on Friday for an emotional Easter ceremony centered on the Crown of Thorns, a circular band of branches encased in a golden tube and one of Catholicism’s most revered relics. (AP video/Oleg Cetinic and Jeffrey Schaeffer)