#Places of worship

Orthodox Church: 200 new parish complexes in Moscow. A project in motion

Orthodox Patriarch Kirill launched a major initiative in 2011 providing for the construction of places of worship and building complexes…

Churches of France, attacks and profanations. Schlegel (Esprit): “It’s a deep wound, but it’s not Catholicphobia”

The director of “Esprit” magazine commented for SIR on the countless episodes of attacks against Catholic churches and other religious…

The Netherlands: Catholics and Reformed, “Taste the Church” event. Invitations and open doors in Dutch places of worship

The ashes of Notre Dame

Perhaps the right answer to the fire of Notre Dame can be found in its ashes: a sorrowful form of…

Notre Dame goes up in flames. The  French bishops: “A disfiguration of our own flesh”

Endless hours of flames and smoke devastated Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, a symbol of Christianity. Archbishop Aupetit was on…

Notre Dame fire: Gisotti (Holy See), “the Pope sympathises with France and prays for the Catholics and for the population of Paris”

Germany: Cologne Cathedral pays tribute to Pope Francis with a gargoyle

Spain: the Cathedral Chapter of Cordoba explains, “the Mezquita estate has been owned by the Catholic Church since 1236”

Spain: Barcelona, the “Glorious Cross” installed on the façade of the Sagrada Familìa

Germany: saving the stained glass windows of demolished churches, Mr and Mrs Jansen-Winkeln’s mission

Austria: Vienna, twelve days of celebrations for St Stephen’s Cathedral starting now