PARIS — An ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus' "Crown of Thorns" returned to Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral in France's capital on Friday, five years after it was saved from the flames of the medieval monument's devastating 2019 fire.
The crown — a circular band of branches encased in a gilded golden tube — was brought back to its historic home in a ceremony presided over by the archbishop of Paris and attended by knights and dames of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher, marking a key moment in the cathedral's restoration journey.
