Notre Dame gets new golden rooster in pivotal moment

Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral got a new golden rooster on Saturday, marking an important moment in the restoration of the famed landmark, which was burnt to ashes in 2019.

Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich blessed the rooster with golden flame-like wings before it was lifted into place on the 96-meter-high (315-foot-high) cathedral spire.

The new rooster’s “wings of fire” were a reminder that “the cathedral can be reborn for the ashes, like a phoenix,” said Philippe Villeneuve, one of the…