PARIS (AP) — Some kneeled, some folded their hands to make silent entreaties. Others sang with their eyes focused on the sky that had gone from blue to yellow and orange, and filled with acrid smoke.

Parisians gathered at the Pont de la Tournelle near Notre Dame Cathedral to sing hymns, after a huge fire destroyed much of the structure’s roof and spire. Image: AFP/Getty This weekend the great ...

Parisians gathered at the Pont de la Tournelle near Notre Dame Cathedral to sing hymns, after a huge fire destroyed much of the structure’s roof and spire. Image: AFP/Getty Michel Picaud remembers the ...

ACTION WOULD BE BURDENSOME. FIVE YEARS AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL. THE 861 YEAR OLD CHURCH IS SET TO REOPEN THIS WEEKEND. AT ABOUT NOON OUR TIME, THE FRENCH PRESIDENT WILL GIVE A ...