Huge crowds throng newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral for Christmas Eve mass

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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris hosted its first Christmas mass on Tuesday (Dec 24) since it was reopened, five and a half years after a catastrophic fire nearly destroyed the historic landmark, decimating its spire and roof.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Huge crowds flocked to the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris for the Christmas Eve Mass on Tuesday night.

00:12The cathedral hosted a Christmas Mass for the first time after the devastating fire in 2019.

00:20The building was reopened to the public early this month after more than four years of reconstruction work.

00:27Celebrate the Incarnation of God among us in Notre-Dame, which has just reopened

00:35and which presents itself as a huge, renovated, luminous church, bringing

00:44full of hope, being a sign of faith and gathering for all.

00:51Voilà un sentiment qui nous oblige, surtout en cette première messe,

00:57de la première célébration de Noël à Notre-Dame renouvelée.

01:04The cathedral is one of the landmarks in Paris that have been decorated and lit weeks before

01:09Christmas. Many tourists and residents thronged the city's attractions and the Christmas market

01:15during the celebration.

01:23The fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral severely damaged the spire, roof and the upper walls of the building

01:30and injured three emergency workers on April 15th in 2019.

01:45you

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