St. Ferdinand reestablished the ancient churches and sees of Jaen, Cordova (where the great mosque became the cathedral), and Seville, and began the erection of the magnificent cathedrals of Burgos and Toledo. His contemporary, Jaime the Conqueror, is said to have consecrated to God no fewer ...
The union is really only a personal one, inasmuch as henceforth one bishop is charged with the government of all the sees thus united.” The second apparent exception is in regard to ancient churches which, for one reason or another, have ceased to be cathedrals, yet preserve their ancient ...
the “terrible” Middle Ages, when they knew so little about liturgy that all they could do was build a Chartres Cathedral. (When I see cathedrals and churches built that have a tenth of the beauty of Notre Dame de Paris, then I will say that the liturgists have the ...
In any case, several reviews have misunderstood this point and seem to think that what Kreeft has done in “Between Allah & Jesus” is a part of the Karen-Armstrong-style “industry” that “tries to find common ground with Islam”. But that would be entirely out of character for Professo...
The case against Fr. Rupnik was reopened in February 2024 when Gloria Branciani and Mirjam Kovac went public with their stories. Their allegations caused outrage throughout the Catholic world and a call to have Church authorities remove Rupnik’s art from churches, cathedrals, and pilgrimage shrine...
[...] of the emblematic buildings in Port-au-Prince have been damaged, including the Presidential Palace, the Palace of Justice, the Dessalines Barracks, the Roman Catholic and Episcopalian Cathedrals, Alexandre Pétion High School and its library, Saint Anne and Saint Joseph churches, the Just...
To this I respond that as with so much that is Catholic, Advent is “both, and.” Advent is a time of preparation, but it is also a time of hopeful anticipation. Just as the beauty of so many magnificent cathedrals, Catholic art, and even the beauty of nature and the night sky are...
The method employed in the building of many Gothic cathedrals—i.e., by the actual assistance of the faithful—bears witness to the fact that at this period the lives of the French people were deeply penetrated with faith. An architectural wonder such as the cathedral of Chartres was in ...
Francis at Assisi and of the cathedral of Milan; the churches of Santa Maria Novella and of Santa Croce in Florence, the cathedrals of Siena and of Orvieto and others are based upon it, as are, among other civil edifices, the Ducal Palace in Venice, the Orgagna Loggia, in Florence, ...
In these churches sacred functions were conducted by priests residing at the cathedrals. Consequently, the cathedral was the only parish in each diocese and the bishop, as chief pastor, exercised the care of souls throughout the diocese. A similar reason led to the organization of rural paris...