Earlier this month the story of a 24-year-old French man named Henri, who is being called the “backpack hero,” went viral for stopping a knife attack at a playground in southeastern France by chasing ...

Religious sites in France aren’t just places of worship—they’re architectural and cultural icons, filled with centuries-old artistry and history. From grand cathedrals to intimate chapels, each site ...

Amid his tour of France’s cathedrals, Henri d’Anselme discusses the country’s original vocation as the Church’s historic protector, assesses the spiritual state of Europe — and how faith helped him ...

From Saturday, visitors can once again climb more than 400 steps to the top of the towers of Notre-Dame de Paris, which have been fully restored after the fire that ravaged the cathedral in 2019.

The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral rang this evening in Paris for the first time since a fire devastated the landmark in 2019. After that fire, French President Emmanuel Macron vowed that the ravaged ...

THAT SAINT AMBROSE CATHEDRAL IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES, JOINING CATHEDRALS AROUND THE WORLD TODAY FOR THE OPENING OF THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IN FRANCE. THE BELLS RANG DOWNTOWN FOR A MINUTE AT 1 P.M., ...

Tucked away in the Picardie region of northern France, not far from Lille, Rouen, or even Paris, this city remains surprisingly under the radar. And yet, Amiens is full of fascinating history and a ...

Cathedrals across France rang their bells in honor of Notre Dame on Wednesday night, marking two days since the devastating fire ripped through the 850-year-old Gothic masterpiece. Cathedrals across ...

PARIS — A small fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral in Rouen, a major landmark in northern France that was under renovation, but authorities said it was quickly brought ...

This article is more than 2 years old. A worker drives a machine on the reconstruction site of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, on July 28, 2022, as part of a visit of France's Culture ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...

A fire at a historic cathedral in France may have been arson. Videos and photos surfaced of the fire shattering the famous stained glass windows in the Gothic cathedral. The cathedral in the city of ...