It is often ordinary people who create the most extraordinary beauty, particularly when the undertaking is grand in scope.

Notre Dame’s resurrection rejects the timid and self-effacing psychosis that has long strangled the West. It is a physical ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio ... they ransacked Notre Dame. It was a symbol. They hated the church. They knocked off the heads of the Old Testament ...

“Tonight, the bells of Notre Dame are ringing again. And in a moment, the organ will awaken,” sending the “music of hope” cascading through the luminous interior to Parisians ...