By Madeleine Muzdakis on February 21, 2021
Detail of the exterior of Cologne Cathedral in Germany. (Photo: Stock Photos from CURIOSO PHOTOGRAPHY/Shutterstock)
The world is dotted with beautiful cathedrals. These spaces of Christian worship range from the medieval gothic flying buttresses of Notre Dame in Paris to the lofty concrete modernism of Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília in Brazil.
Classically, a cathedral is a church that hosts the seat of a
bishop, a church from which he leads his diocese. Many (but not all) are arranged in a
cross pattern a
nave containing
apse (end of the nave) as well as multiple
Feb 14, 2021 rome bureau chief
Statues of Mary, the child Jesus and St. Joseph are seen at St. Mary Josefa Parish in Rome Feb. 19, 2017. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.)
ROME – In 1961, St. Pope John XXIII wrote that while the Catholic Church bestows upon Jesus the adoration he deserves, with the Virgin Mary close behind, St. Joseph “except from some slight sprinkling of references” remained in the background. It wasn’t until Dec. 8, 1870 – basically
ROME – In 1961, St. Pope John XXIII wrote that while the Catholic Church bestows upon Jesus the adoration he deserves, with the Virgin Mary close behind, St. Joseph “except from some slight sprinkling of references” remained in the background.
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