http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cathedral/ en-us Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:04:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340078/posts The nation was truly comforted by the class and dignity of President Bush. http://www.youtube.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340078/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:04:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339166/posts She was dumped by a boyfriend who no longer wished to follow her around the world. She found herself heartbroken and sick and finally went to a doctor who said he had news -- at 39, she was with child. Impossible, she replied: Throughout her previous 17-year marriage she tried repeatedly to get pregnant, The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339166/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:29:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2330439/posts YOU could have been reading a chapter of Dan Brown's best-selling novel The DaVinci Code. Two people painstakingly deciphering the Latin words on hundreds of tombs inside one of the oldest places of worship on these islands. Using a centuries-old map to identify a vault hidden under the floor of the 13th Century gothic building with tower attached, they solved a mystery that had surrounded the Irish ancestors of US president Barack Obama. It's the stuff of dreams, but it has become a reality in Kilkenny, Ireland's medieval city. And so it was to St Can-ice's Cathedral that Kil-kenny film... Kilkenny People http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2330439/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312613/posts Justo Gallego Martínez is building his very own Cathedral in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid, Spain This is no "model" cathedral and he is neither a qualified architect, nor engineer, nor bricklayer -- he is a farmer. "The plans have only ever existed in my head" and have evolved over time in response to opportunity and inspiration. Nor does he have formal planning permission from the authorities of Mejorada del Campo -- the town in which it is located (20 km from Madrid under the flight-path to the Barajas airport).Nor does he have the benediction or support of the Catholic... CityNoise http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312613/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:46:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286167/posts Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 46. The bomb exploded outside the Immaculate Conception cathedral in Cotabato city as churchgoers were attending Mass. Two people were killed instantly in the attack and three others, including a militiaman, later died in hospitals, military officials said. Among the wounded were six soldiers and militiamen who were in an army van that passed by the cathedral when the device, fashioned from a mortar round, exploded, Cotabato city Mayor Muslimin Sema said. The improvised explosive, which... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286167/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285776/posts Bomb Blast Near South Philippine Cathedral Kills 3 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 5, 2009 MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least three people and wounding more than two dozen others. The bomb exploded outside the Immaculate Conception cathedral in Cotabato city as churchgoers walked out after attending Mass. Two passers-by were killed instantly in the attack and a third died on the way to a hospital, said regional military commander Maj. Gen. Alfredo Cayton. The improvised explosive was hidden near a row... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285776/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:25:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2279436/posts CMR readers who know Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral might be interested in this historic photo from the Mass held there for the famous 1926 International Eucharistic Congress (click image for larger view). The extraordinary decorations include not only the banners, the draped fabrics and swags of flowers, but also the turning of the front rows of pews in choir arrangement. The photo also shows many of the features of the cathedral before its renovation in 1969, including the stone pulpitm, the high altar and some of the murals. Holy Name as it exists today is shown below. cmr http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2279436/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218715/posts Banks need family values, says Gordon Brown in extraordinary sermon to the City ahead of G20 By James Chapman Last updated at 1:59 AM on 31st March 2009 'Rise to the challenge': Gordon Brown will urge banks to abide by the same values we celebrate in everyday lives Gordon Brown will today make an extraordinary appeal for family values to be applied to the financial system. The Prime Minister will use a speech at St Paul's Cathedral to insist the first test of this week's G20 summit will be if it can agree to clean up banks across the world.... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218715/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:44:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228217/posts “Let’s go boatin’!” is the call that echoes off the walls of the Grand Canyon during my guided tours. It gets people moving and ready to head down river. In my years as a guide, I’ve had the privilege of taking thousands of people through the Grand Canyon, through what I now believe to be one of God’s true, created wonders. My love for the Grand Canyon started in 1980 when I went on my first river trip. The following year, I started working as a part-time guide, and in 1983, I left my corporate life to work in the... AiG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228217/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:11:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142982/posts Two Moroccans arrested in Italy yesterday wanted to blow up the Milan Cathedral on Christmas. They hoped an attack during the busy holiday would cost dozens of lives. This according to tapped phone calls, reports La Repubblica. The two belonged to an Islamic terror cell which had been followed by the Italian police already for months... Rachid Ilhami (31) and Abdelkader Ghafir (43) were arrested in Giussano, a city 25km away from Milan. The detectives gathered from tapped phone calls and confiscated computer files that the two also prepared attacks on a supermarket and a police bureau. They are arrested... Europe News DK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2142982/posts#comment Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:04:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2100591/posts The comment thread on my original post about Oakland's new "Cathedral of Light" has about 90 comments at this point. My editorial observations were minimal, but that didn't stop several people from claiming positions for me (and strongly disagreeing with ... the positions they thought I held). This thoughtful post by "Vitruvian Duck" gets closer to identifying the concerns I had when I first saw pictures of the cathedral. He received his Masters degree from the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, one of the best (if not only) classical schools of (Church) Architecture in the country. He... American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2100591/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:20:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2004002/posts The Pope used the structure of the great Cathedral as a symbolic framework for addressing the interior meaning of the Christian vocation and mission. Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2004002/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:04:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1993744/posts Already hailed as "a Houston landmark," yesterday saw the first official preview of the city's new Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, which'll be dedicated on Wednesday before 60 hierarchs and a very lucky crowd of close to 2,000. To mark the occasion -- which the regional media has treated as an earth-altering event and then some -- today's hometown Chronicle contains a full package on the festivities. As Cardinal Daniel DiNardo consecrates the $65 million de facto hub of his 1.5 million-member archdiocese, Texas' oldest and the largest in the South, fellow neo-porporato Cardinal John Foley will be present...... WITL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1993744/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:11:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1928179/posts MEXICO CITY, NOV. 19, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The cathedral of Mexico City closed its doors last weekend, after more than 100 political protesters disrupted Sunday Mass. The decision was announced the same day by Armando Martínez, the president of the College of the Catholic Lawyers of Mexico, who said that the cathedral will not open again until the government can guarantee the security of the faithful and priests. During the midday Mass at the cathedral Sunday, a group of members of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) interrupted the liturgy chanting slogans supporting Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the 2006... Zenit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1928179/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:12:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1924324/posts Oakland... the final frontier. As the Cathedral of Christ the Light rises in the Bay Area see-city, one can be forgiven if "Star Trek" comes to mind. Acclaimed for its "ambitious" design, the 1,500-seat mother church of the 500,000-member diocese -- price tag: $190 million -- will open its doors on 25 September 2008. Father Paul Minnihan, provost of the cathedral, said the planning team selected the date to avoid conflicts with such weekend events as weddings and quincieneras. The group also considered an evening event, but decided an afternoon would allow for the possibility of a procession to... WITL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1924324/posts#comment Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1892103/posts Los Angeles, Sep 5, 2007 / 10:11 am (CNA).- Thanks to local preservationists and an astute developer, the former cathedral of Los Angeles was returned to its previous structural glory last week. The former St. Vibiana Cathedral, now simply named Vibiana and converted into a concert and events hall, got its 3,500-pound cupola back Aug. 30, reported the L.A. Times. The moment ended an 11-year campaign to save the downtown landmark. The historic cathedral was marked for demolition after it suffered structural damage in a 1994 earthquake. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles decided that repairs would cost more than the... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1892103/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 18:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1890909/posts (AP) — A maze of wooden planks and glass panes is gradually taking shape among the austere office buildings of downtown Oakland, a structure alternately described as a bee hive, an inverted basket or a nuclear reactor.Only an inconspicuous sign on a fence offers a clue that it will soon be one of the nation's most ambitious — and expensive — religious sites.When it's completed in fall of 2008, the $190 million Cathedral of Christ the Light will be the centerpiece of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, which lost its old cathedral to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.More... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1890909/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:35:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1887343/posts Denver, Aug 27, 2007 / 10:38 am (CNA).- Members of the schismatic Society of St. Pius X complied with directives from the Archdiocese of Denver on Saturday, banning them from praying in two Denver churches. Since 1999, members of St. Isidore the Farmer Church in Watkins, Colorado have embarked on a 50-mile walking pilgrimage to Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, Colorado to thank God for the completion of their church. In the past, the pilgrims stopped along the route to pray and rest in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception or Holy Ghost Church, both in downtown Denver. However, the... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1887343/posts#comment Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:12:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853264/posts A maze is designed to puzzle, but whoever dreamt up the intricate earth and grass labyrinth that is Julian's Bower can be especially pleased –it remains a mystery after hundreds of years. The medieval maze in Alkborough, near Scunthorpe, has been reopened to the public after a major returfing project, but experts are no closer to solving the riddle of why or when it was made. The 44ft relic cut into the landscape has many interlocking rings, and the theories surrounding its origins are just as complex. Some have observed how Alkborough's maze is strikingly similar to a floor design... Yorkshire Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1853264/posts#comment Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:47:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850820/posts The premiere of a work by the leading composer Sir John Taverner in Westminster Cathedral next week has provoked discord because it glorifies the Muslim deity Allah. Traditionalist Roman Catholics are planning to converge on the cathedral on Tuesday evening to protest over the work, which includes the singing of the 99 names of Allah. A number have written to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, expressing concern that the Church will be seen to be endorsing the Islamic idea of God. advertisementBut having failed to halt the concert, dozens are now... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/15/nallah115.xml http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850820/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:51:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1844017/posts It happens throughout the day: Traffic slows near the corner of Grand Avenue and Harrison Street in Oakland as motorists glimpse Christ the Light Cathedral climbing skyward. Cell phones and cameras emerge from car windows to snap photos. For now, its warm blond bones lay bare. Soon, glass panels will cloak the massive ark-shaped sanctuary. It will anchor a landscaped complex encompassing an open plaza, smaller chapels, offices, a rectory and residence for Bishop Allen Vigneron, gathering places, gardens and a conference center. It is the newest cathedral in the nation, and the most expensive in American history. The $190... CONTRA COSTA TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1844017/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1835326/posts >Baltimore, May 17, 2007 / 10:39 am (CNA).- Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore has sent a written invitation to the Pope, asking that he pay a visit to Baltimore when he comes to address the United Nations in New York. Though a date has not been established, Catholic News Service has reported that a UN trip is likely to take place next year. The trip would be the pope's first visit to North America since his election in 2005. Cardinal Keeler invited Pope Benedict to visit the Basilica of the Assumption, the first cathedral in the United States, and the... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1835326/posts#comment Thu, 17 May 2007 20:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1830799/posts The Cathedral of Christ the King in Portage has been sold, members of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan were told Sunday. But who has purchased the church for $1.275 million and what will be done with the familiar landmark building and its prime property remain unknown. *** The cathedral was built in 1969 for $2 million. The diocese began thinking about a sale in 2004 because of tight finances and a dwindling church maintenance fund. kalamazoogazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1830799/posts#comment Wed, 9 May 2007 17:04:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1802526/posts Madison, WI, Mar 16, 2007 / 10:41 am (CNA).- Cathedrals should be a "catechism in stone that represents the whole diocese," said architect Duncan Stroik at a recent lecture on church architecture. The associate professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame spoke at the Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center in Madison March 8th, as part of the St. Thérèse of Lisieux Lecture Series. His talk addressed an imminent concern for the diocese. St. Raphael Cathedral in Madison was destroyed by fire in March 2005 and the diocese is currently discussing plans for a new cathedral. According to the... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1802526/posts#comment Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789164/posts Worshipers were interrupted during an Ash Wednesday service at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis by a trio of hidden CD players spewing "pornographic" messages from beneath pews. Three CD players had been duct-taped beneath the pews and rigged to go off at 12:20 p.m., Santa Fe Police Capt. Gary Johnson said. An Ash Wednesday service was being conducted at the time, and Johnson said responding officers described the messages to him as pornographic, although he wouldn't go into detail about their content. The cathedral staff found and removed the three CD players, then called police while church-goers evacuated the... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789164/posts#comment Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:58:16 GMT