A priest last night demanded to know how twice divorced Boris Johnson was able to marry his fiancé Carrie Symonds, whilst he has to tell ‘practising Catholics’ who are divorced that they cannot re-marry in the Church. Mr Johnson, who was baptised a Catholic but converted to Anglicanism while at private school Eton, wed Ms … Read more
Intrigued by tales of Quasimodo, fascinated by the gargoyles, or on a pilgrimage to see the Crown of Thorns said to have rested on Jesus’ head on the Cross, more than 13 million people each year flock to see Europe’s most popular historic monument. The 12th century Catholic cathedral is a masterpiece of French Gothic … Read more
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But science has another take on this, that what’s pleasing on the eye follows the ‘golden ratio’ – and researchers say that according to this theory, Sir Christopher Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral in London is the most beautiful building in the world, because it adheres most closely … Read more
Chichester Cathedral clergy will SPRINKLE ash on worshippers’ foreheads instead of rubbing it on during Lent service to cut Covid risk The change is being made at Chichester Cathedral’s Ash Wednesday service Clergy will sprinkle ash with their hands from a distance over worshippers’ heads It is just one of many restrictions to have an … Read more
Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them ‘very carefully.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury last year suggested the monuments should be reviewed to see if they ‘should all be there.’ He made the comments last June, when monuments … Read more
Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them ‘very carefully.’ The Archbishop of Canterbury last year suggested the monuments should be reviewed to see if they ‘should all be there.’ He made the comments last June, when monuments … Read more
A glass act again after 350 years… Canterbury Cathedral windows depicting the miracles of Thomas Becket are being reassembled after experts realised they had been in the wrong order for centuries Experts discovered stained glass windows have been in the wrong order The windows stood next to Becket’s shrine, which was destroyed in 16th century … Read more
Pensioners flocked to Litchfield Cathedral today after it was transformed into a make-shift Covid vaccination centre. Hundreds of people thronged the magnificent 826-year-old gothic edifice to visit temporary nursing stations where they received the Oxford-AstraZeneca injection. Britain’s oldest three-spired cathedral, in Staffordshire, was dubbed ‘the most glamorous vaccine centre in Britain’ by the city’s MP. … Read more
Police fatally shoot gunman who opened fire during Christmas concert on front steps of Manhattan’s St. John the Divine Cathedral A gunman opened fire on the front steps of St. John the Divine Cathedral in Harlem during a Christmas show with singing carolers around 3.45pm He was reportedly ‘firing into the air’, but no one was … Read more
Police fatally shoot gunman who opened fire during Christmas concert on front steps of Manhattan’s St. John the Divine Cathedral A gunman opened fire on the front steps of St. John the Divine Cathedral in Harlem during a Christmas show with singing carolers around 3.45pm He was reportedly ‘firing into the air’, but no one was … Read more