World leaders gather to celebrate reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

Spectators gather outside Notre Dame Cathedral for its formal reopening (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Howling winds could not stop Notre Dame Cathedral’s heart from beating again.

With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a specially designed crosier carved from fire-scorched beams, the monument roared back to life on Saturday evening.