{"id":524,"date":"2025-01-29T17:23:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/spring2017-fr102-template\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:16:23","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-paris-notre-dame-easter-crown-thorns-2696edd6f2edaeb0e2b818e82a9b35ee\">Worshippers return to restored Notre Dame for Easter rituals with emotion and awe | AP News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/notre-dame-cathedral-marks-good-friday-with-crown-of-thorns-ceremony-7564440d0ebb467587cb647e87092cfa<\/p>\n<div class=\"StoryPage-actions-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Page-byline\">\n<div class=\"Page-byline-info\">\n<div class=\"Page-authors\">By\u00a0\u00a0<span class=\"Link\">TOM NOUVIAN<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Page-dateModified\"><span data-date=\"\">Updated 12:16 PM EDT, April 18, 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"Page-actions-trigger\" data-action-clicked=\"clickShareIcon\" data-collapse-element=\"\" data-collapse-toggle=\"{&quot;collapsed&quot;:true,&quot;selGroup&quot;:false,&quot;active&quot;:true,&quot;state&quot;:&quot;collapsed&quot;}\">Share<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextStoryBody RichTextBody\">\n<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 Four months after its long-awaited reopening,\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/notre-dame-cathedral\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Notre Dame Cathedral<\/a><\/span>\u00a0welcomed worshippers and tourists alike on Friday for an emotional Easter ceremony centered on the\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-royalty-4de4803d53d84c44a216b44db5bb32ae\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Crown of Thorns<\/a><\/span>, a circular band of branches encased in a golden tube and one of Christianity\u2019s most revered relics.<\/p>\n<p>The ritual, held during Holy Week, included liturgical chants, candlelight, and a solemn procession of clerics carrying the Crown of Thorns through the alleys of the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists queued in a line that stretched across the Seine, waiting to enter the renovated Gothic landmark. Inside, ushers struggled to gently enforce a separation between curious visitors and the faithful.<\/p>\n<p>Notre Dame\u2019s rector, Rev. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, said this week\u2019s crowda exceeded expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fires-ap-top-news-paris-international-news-victor-hugo-7538fdb8fc8b476b8c442f0c2ac52115\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Before the fire<\/a><\/span>, we saw about 20,000 pilgrims a day,\u201d he said. \u201cNow it\u2019s closer to 30,000. The joy people feel rediscovering the cathedral \u2014 you can see it on their faces as they leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"FreeStar Advertisement\" data-module=\"\">\n<div id=\"3b2kr03m6xs\" class=\"fs-feed-ad\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" data-google-query-id=\"CLnF3fb0-owDFV2EdwEd5H8nvw\">(Click the link for the full article)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worshippers return to restored Notre Dame for Easter rituals with emotion and awe | AP News https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/notre-dame-cathedral-marks-good-friday-with-crown-of-thorns-ceremony-7564440d0ebb467587cb647e87092cfa By\u00a0\u00a0TOM NOUVIAN Updated 12:16 PM EDT, April 18, 2025 Share PARIS (AP) \u2014 Four months after its long-awaited reopening,\u00a0Notre Dame Cathedral\u00a0welcomed worshippers and&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/news\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30462,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30462"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french-portfolio-dillon1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}