A Breathtaking Tour of Nashville's Cathedral of the Incarnation
[See also: Behold, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, Hidden Gem of the Midwest] [See also: “America’s Catholic Church”: Inside the Beautiful National Shrine in Washington D.C.]...
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This Little-Known African Basilica Is the Largest Church in the World
What’s the largest church in the world? Not in North or South America, or even Europe. Depending on what you mean by “largest,” the answer, amazingly, is a relatively unknown church in the small African country of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). [See also: 19 Haunting Photos of Abandoned...
Umm... What? 11 Churches with "Modern" Designs
In the last few decades, some church designers have been experimenting with new designs. Some of them have turned out great, and some of them… not so much. What do you make of these designs? [See also: Wow! Medieval Cathedrals Used to Be Full of Brilliant Colors] [See also: Behold,...
A Tour of the Ancient Christian Art of the Roman Catacombs
The ancient Romans traditionally cremated their dead. Christians, on the other hand, have traditionally buried their dead unburned as a sign of their belief in the coming resurrection of the body. But in the 2nd century A.D., the burial of unburnt remains started to become fashionable for Romans. Burial...
Innovative or an Eyesore? L.A.'s Controversial Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Fr. Robert Barron of Word on Fire is now Aux. Bishop-Elect of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It’s the largest diocese in the United States in terms of members (5 million), and it dates back to 1840. It also has one of the most controversial cathedrals in the U....
If Jesus Had Been Korean: 20 Rare Paintings of the Life of Christ
Jesus was thoroughly Jewish. Even so, different cultures and ethnicities have often portrayed Jesus and others from the Bible as being from their group. Sometimes this is done to symbolize the fact that Jesus came for all the nations of the world. Since Christianity for many centuries was based largely...