Pope meets clergy abuse victims Jul 21, 2008
The 81-year-old pontiff met two male and two female victims of abuse in a chapel at St Mary's Cathedral House in Sydney. After Mass he spoke to each of the victims in an atmosphere of "respect, spirituality and of intense emotions", said Father Lombardi. (BBC News)
Communion fears Jul 21, 2008
You wonder how Canterbury Cathedral would have coped if all the bishops invited to the Lambeth Conference had actually turned up. The cathedral holds 2,400 and on Sunday morning it was full - even though more than 200 of the world-wide Anglican's Communion's 880 bishops, along with spouses and assorted aides, are boycotting the event ... After the service as hundreds of bishops milled around in the cathedral close, I spoke to two. (BBC News -- UK)
One good Friday, Sydney gave its heart to Jesus Christ Jul 19, 2008
The Last Supper of Jesus and His disciples was conducted on the steps of St Mary's Cathedral, Jesus was condemned to death at the NSW Art Gallery, whipped and scourged at the Opera House, made a spectacular entrance by barge under Sydney Harbour Bridge to Cockle Bay and was crucified at East Darling Harbour ... The Stations of the Cross pageant had begun on the steps of St Mary's Cathedral with a guest appearance by Pope Benedict ... The disciples emerged from a screen at the cathedral doors and... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Video-game news: Metallica's 'Guitar Hero' album Jul 16, 2008
To make its big announcement, Activision eschewed a booth at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles in favor of a reception at a former cathedral. A big chunk of the video games community namely, the companies that make them and the journalists who write about them is in Los Angeles this week for the annual gathering where most of us get our first look at games for the holiday season. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Calif. man gets prison for burning Burning Man Jun 28, 2008
In March, Addis pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts related to an alleged arson attempt at San Francisco's historic Grace Cathedral, according to the city prosecutor's office. Addis was out on bail in the Burning Man case when police say he was found with an ammunition belt of small explosives outside the Episcopal church. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Diablo 3 Officially Announced Jun 28, 2008
Have to rescue Cain from this cathedral ... Character with 2 axes hacking at demons in what appears to be a foggy cathedral. (IGN PC Games)
Old School City Runner Jun 26, 2008
OLYMPIC TRIALS / Old-school San Francisco / Middle-distance runner is Sunset native, Sacred Heart Cathedral graduate ... Middle-distance runner is Sunset native, Sacred Heart Cathedral graduate ... Rowbury is a 23-year-old Sunset District native and Sacred Heart Cathedral graduate who has the leading time among U.S. women in the 1,500 meters at 4 minutes, 1. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Escape From Moscow: Side Trips in the City's Suburbs May 31, 2008
Pilgrims come here to visit the saint's tomb, a silver-and-gold edifice encased in glass, but the site is a breathtaking assortment of cathedrals, chapels, bell towers, defensive battlements and other structures, and is now a Unesco world-heritage site ... Assumption Cathedral, with its gold and sky-blue domes, stands at the monastery's center ... It is a copy of a larger, more famous cathedral with the same name in the Moscow Kremlin. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Forklift Operator Injured on Romulus Farm Apr 22, 2008
The pope started his day in New York City Saturday by celebrating mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Many have long felt the pain at the pump from rising gas prices. (R News)
Pope caps U.S. trip with ballpark Mass Apr 21, 2008
April 19: For the first time ever, a pope held Mass at New York's famed St, Patrick's Cathedral. NBC's Anne Thompson reports on Pope Benedict XVI's busy day. (MSNBC -- Race)
Pope recalls youth under Nazi regime Apr 21, 2008
Earlier, inside St Patrick's Cathedral, with a congregation of 3000 made up almost entirely of clergy and nuns, the presence of a Pope caused a giddy stir. "The minute the holy father walked into the cathedral, you began to shiver," said the Reverend Arthur Coyle, a church official from Boston. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Benedict draws on personal history Apr 20, 2008
Bishops in miters were among the 3,000 people, mostly members of the Roman Catholic clergy, at yesterday's Mass said by Pope Benedict XVI at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan ... Even inside St. Patrick's Cathedral, with a congregation of 3,000 made up almost entirely of clergy and nuns, the presence of a pope caused a giddy stir ... "The minute the Holy Father walked into the cathedral, you began to shiver," said the Rev. Arthur Coyle, a church official from Boston who came down to New York... (Boston Globe)
Share your tips for traveling to D.C. Apr 17, 2008
Take a drive through the rest of DC , and see where the Vice President lives, Embassy Row, the National Cathedral, the National Zoo and many smaller memorials and cool neighborhoods ... Other recommendations no one has mentioned yet visit the national cathedral and adjacent gardens stunning ... Our memories include ant farm at the zoo, rose window at the cathedral, interesting neighborhoods, the Boy Scout monument in front of their headquarters, sitting in the senate gallery, crying at the... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Obituaries for Thursday, April 10, 2008 Apr 10, 2008
On Oct. 28, 1961, he married Dian F. Foster at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona. Al was formerly employed at Peerless Chain, Winona, from 1961 until his retirement in 1994. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Anti-China protesters grab, block, almost snuff Olympic flame in chaotic London relay Apr 7, 2008
About 100 demonstrators managed to briefly impede the flame's progress by surrounding it near St. Paul's Cathedral, forcing police to put the flame on a bus before continuing. The torch was closely followed in east London by dozens of demonstrators shouting "Shame on China!" Police stopped to form a protective phalanx three or four officers deep every time the torch was handed to a new runner. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
California Avenue sculpture concept unveiled Mar 1, 2008
" It better not be that. This would be "challenged" by youth, with people getting hurt. Why something like that, there? Gosh, it's an entry point to California Ave. via the train. Why can't we do something that involves water, or nature? Why a concrete obelisk? We can do better than that; and, I don't care who the artist is. Modigliani himself should not be permitted to deface a spot with some thing that is not resonant with the *place*. I know these things are subjective, but geeeeezzzzzzz, an... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Best bets for Black History Feb 10, 2008
The event will take place in Miami Friday, March 31 at New Birth Baptist Church Cathedral of Faith, 2300 NW 135th Street Miami, FL 33167. Doors open at 6 p.m., the event starts 7 p.m.. (The Palm Beach Post)
With the Grammys turning 50, were offer some highlights (and lowlights) Feb 10, 2008
In hindsight, one of the earliest major flubs was when they picked the New Vaudeville Band s novelty hit Winchester Cathedral for Best Contemporary Rrding in 1966. What else was nominated. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Read Article » Feb 8, 2008
phane Urbain is the chief sacristan of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, and as such he is also its chief bell ringer ... Urbain, a 40-year-old chemist by training, is the chief sacristan of the cathedral ... The bells four smaller ones in the north tower of the cathedral and the bass bell, or bourdon, in the south still display the remains of wooden platforms and metal bars that the bell ringers used to swing the huge bells by pumping with their feet. (International Herald Tribune)
* World News Quick Take Feb 3, 2008
Catholic followers have held daily vigils since the middle of December demanding back the property that was the Vatican's embassy until the 1950s near Hanoi's St Joseph's Cathedral, with thousands taking part in a rally last week. SINGAPORE. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Dress circles Jan 12, 2008
Guy Daley is designer and manager for the business which also sells imported clothes, accessories and the odd Tiki mug, based on all streams of the rockabilly aesthetic, from Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston Street, city, 9639 5669 and 2 Grattan Street, Prahran, 9529 4659. Chapel Street Bazaar, 217 Chapel Street, Prahran, 9529 1727 or 9510 9841, continuously renews its retro furniture, clothing and accessories stock and is particularly popular among full-time (as opposed to weekend) rockabillies... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Can Works by a Cornwall Artist Move Potential BMW Buyers? Jan 11, 2008
"If you come from Cincinnati and you want to pick up your car at the factory, they put you up; give you a bath and a nice breakfast in the morning. Then, you go the showroom and the cathedral doors open and the choir sings, a full orchestra starts playing and your car comes up the ramp or out of the floor. It happened several times while we were there-all day," he claimed. "It all sounds so real," chided David Colbert, another artist who works with Mr. Prentice. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Richmond Businessman Arraigned Dec 20, 2007
R News: As It Happens, Where It Happens. Thursday December 20, 2007. (R News)
Prince Harry leads Diana tributes Oct 20, 2007
" Prince William, who was 15 when Diana died, gave a reading from St Paul's letter to the Ephesians which asked for inner strength. The Royal Family were cheered as they arrived at the chapel Diana's sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, also gave a reading. The service included Diana's favourite classical music by composers Rachmaninov and Mozart and four hymns, concluding with Diana's favourite, I Vow To Thee, My Country. The service also included two prayers written by Archbishop of Canterbury... (Yahoo News -- Princess Diana)
Find out what's inside 'World Without End' Oct 9, 2007
Unless they had a penny for a tavern, they would have had to spend the cold October night shivering on the stone floor of the cathedral's north porch ... They passed through the door and saw two lines of shivering nuns holding burning torches to light the pathway from the hospital to the great west door of Kingsbridge Cathedral ... The procession slowed as it approached the cathedral entrance, and Gwenda could see a group of townspeople coming from the opposite direction. (USA Today -- Life)
2007 holiday bazaars Sep 28, 2007
Holy Family Cathedral Fall Bazaar, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Nov. 17, 800 W. Fifth Ave. Sponsored by the Women of Holy Family Cathedral and Catholic Daughters of America, this bazaar offers homemade cinnamon rolls and/or a satisfying lunch. Shop for handcrafted holiday gifts, artwork and one-of-a-kind white elephants. (Anchorage Daily News)
Northern lights Sep 16, 2007
When I was at Tony's funeral in August,' Hooky recalls, 'I came out of the cathedral with Natalie, Ian's daughter, and they were playing "Atmosphere". Bloody hell, I said, sometimes I wished that I'd never written it - it's like Robbie Williams' "Angels" is for weddings, and "Atmosphere" is for funerals. (Guardian Unlimited)
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The hymn was performed by Pavarotti and his father in the same cathedral. Mourners Remember PavarottiGrieving music fans join rock stars and statesmen at a musical send off for opera great Luciano Pavarotti, who died Sept. 6, 2007, at age 71. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Music project brings harmony to Scottish estates Aug 16, 2007
"We are building a cathedral here, not a Nissen hut," he said. "We want to sow this scheme throughout Scotland. We have a 10-year plan here to build an orchestra. Soon we hope to start other nuclei in Glasgow, Aberdeen and North Lanarkshire.". (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Weekend Guide Aug 9, 2007
" Open daily 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Admission: $9 adults; $7 seniors; $5 students with ID; $5 children ages 6-18; free to members and children under 6. ***NATIONAL AVIARY West Park, North Side. 412-323-7235. Breakfast with the Birds: Interactive encounter with birds and continental breakfast, Sat. 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Admission: $18 adults, $15 children. Reservations required. New exhibit Lories & Friends. Summer free-flight Bird Show, Wed.-Sun. 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. weather permitting; through Labor... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq... Aug 4, 2007
I guess we'll have to wait until these Caliphate-inspired creeps light off a bomb in some old European cathedral -- *then* we'll be popular again, since we have the best trained, most disciplined counterinsurgency force in human history. . (The Drudge Report)
* Sold on Soviet charm Jul 11, 2007
St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow ... At the far end of the square, a team from a local advertising agency hoisted up banners promoting the latest Nokia mobile phone on poles in front of St Basil's Cathedral ... St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin in Red Square, Moscow. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Strolling Cordoba's back streets Jul 10, 2007
The main draw is the Mezquita -- a vast mosque with a cathedral in the middle ... Cordoba -- the number three city in Andalucia (after Granada and Sevilla) for sightseeing -- is visited mostly for its Mezquita -- a vast mosque with a cathedral built in its middle. (CNN -- Travel)
Rick Steves: Córdoba Jul 1, 2007
Rick Steves' Europe / Crdoba, Spain / Back-street world of leafy patios and midnight parades (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
The wonder factor Jun 30, 2007
" The Melbourne architect says he will be interested in the July 7 winners, although he will not take the list too seriously. His favourite monument, the Grand Mosque in Cordoba, Spain, has not even made the final shortlist of 21. "I have visited it (the Cordoba) and it is truly magical, even with the vandalism of the inserted Catholic Cathedral," he says. "A beautiful space. incredible light and filtering of spaces. (The Age)
Hidden treasures Jun 29, 2007
Stout is the retired curator of organs at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, but he doesn't seem retired. He's busy rebuilding and installing other organs. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Meanwhile: Some notes from the underground Jun 15, 2007
Exploitation of the limestone on an industrial scale began in the 12th century, providing for vast building projects like the Cathedral of Notre Dame, begun in 1163. The mining was uncontrolled. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Central Florida's Storefront Churches Have Low Costs, Lot of Energy Jun 10, 2007
"Volunteers got it all cleaned up and painted. If you walked in the door you'd think it was a very holy place, like a chapel or a cathedral.". At some point, the parish hopes to build a church on 40 nearby acres purchased by the diocese. (The Ledger)
BOOK: Camilla never wanted to marry Charles... Jun 9, 2007
Early in 1981 - as Charles and Diana prepared for their July 29 wedding at St Pauls Cathedral - Brown and a photographer went to the Wiltshire home of Andrew and Camilla Parker Bowles to do a photo shoot for Tatler magazine. When Kangas name came up in conversation, Camilla hastily declared: "All this stuff about Dale Tryon being such a friend of Charles - shes never even met Diana Spencer.". (The Drudge Report)
The art of Antwerp May 23, 2007
Antwerp cathedral showing Ruben's Raising of the Cross ... At the heart of the city is the cathedral of St Mary, completed in 1518 ... On one side of the cathedral is the Grote Markt, with its noble, many-storeyed guild houses, each trying to out-skyscrape the other, and the solid 16th-century stadhuis (city hall). (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
From storefronts to sanctuaries May 7, 2007
If you walked in the door you'd think it was a very holy place, like a chapel or a cathedral. " At some point, the parish hopes to build a church on 40 nearby acres purchased by the diocese. But in the end, whether the worshipping place is a storefront, a restaurant or a gloriously appointed sanctuary, it's the spirit that counts. "It's my family," Gustavo Rocho, 38, says of his fellow worshippers at Iglesia de Cristo de Mi-El at the Devon Shield center. "There's always the presence of God that... (Orlando Sentinel)
Former Russian president laid to rest Apr 26, 2007
World leaders of his time, including former presidents Bush and Clinton and former British Prime Minister John Major, joined a crowd of dignitaries at the funeral service led by two-dozen white-robed priests in a gilded cathedral near the Kremlin ... "The whole dramatic history of the 20th century was reflected in the fate of Boris Nikolayevich," Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II said in a letter read aloud at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, using Yeltsin's patronymic ... "We will move... (Houston Chronicle)
Boris Yeltsin laid to rest in Moscow Apr 26, 2007
"The whole dramatic history of the 20th century was reflected in the fate of Boris Nikolayevich," Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II wrote in a letter that was read aloud during services at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior ... " Before the burial, more than 20,000 people filed through the gold-domed cathedral, which is the site of the Orthodox Church's most important services, to view Yeltsin's body. Following an 85-minute ceremony that echoed with priests' chanting and a choir singing... (USA Today -- News)
More news reports... Apr 10, 2007
TUESDAY: Presentation by guest speaker Rev. Jo Hudson from The Cathedral of Hope, U.C.C. at 7 p.m. in Rudder 504. . (The Battalion, TX)
A short trip through India Mar 26, 2007
On one side of the square stands the cavernous Chaturbhuj Mandir, looking as much like a hollowed-out European cathedral as a Hindu temple; nearby is the gaudy Ram Raja Temple, a magnet for Hindu pilgrims and wedding parties. There's also some good temple-hopping in the opposite direction to the cenotaphs, where temple spires sikharas recede into the soggy horizon spanned with flooded rice paddies. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
On Chesil Beach Mar 24, 2007
He loved her, but he wanted to shake her awake, or slap her out of her straight-backed music-stand poise, her North Oxford proprieties, and make her see how really simple it was: here was a boundless sensual freedom, theirs for the taking, even blessed by the vicar - with my body I thee worship - a dirty, joyous bare-limbed freedom, which rose in his imagination like a vast airy cathedral, ruined perhaps, roofless, fan-vaulted to the skies, where they would weightlessly drift upwards in a... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
MIKE WEATHERFORD: Angel making way to sin city Mar 22, 2007
Mimi Hines headlines the Palm Springs Follies through May 20; Buddy Greco and Lezlie Anders operate Buddy Greco's Dinner Club and perform nightly in Cathedral City. Kenny Kerr and James "Gypsy" Haake, formerly of "Boy-lesque," now star in "Make Boy-lieve" at the CopyKatz club in Palm Springs, and Kerr performs a one-man show at midnight there on Saturdays. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Entertainment Mar 14, 2007
She was laid to rest in a gray-and-pink metal casket at Forest Lawn Cathedral City, where stars. - Mar 13, 2007. (Townhall.com)
Atlanta Symphony shines spotlight on new works Mar 5, 2007
The climax of the work wells up seemingly as massive as a medieval cathedral with brass and a battery of percussion ... The climax of the work wells up seemingly as massive as a medieval cathedral with brass and a battery of percussion. (Herald-Tribune)
Bogatá Mar 4, 2007
COLOMBIA'S CITY OF ANGELS RISES, REVELS / LIVELY BOGOT EMERGING FROM DECADES OF STRIFE. " It's children who are, I was told -- wives can be more easily replaced.) I told this man that the only place I'd ever been the victim of a violent crime was in Boston, my home town. Looking at me solemnly, he said that he had survived Boston while visiting a relative at Harvard, but that, personally, he would never go to Chicago because of the gangsters. If you go Getting there From San Francisco, numerous... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
'Bacchae' makes you think Mar 3, 2007
The climax of the work wells up seemingly as massive as a medieval cathedral with brass and a battery of percussion. If all orchestras had the means to present new music continuously and with such a high standard of performance as Atlanta, the classical music community and those who enjoy this art form would be all the more rich for it. (Herald-Tribune)
Metal File: In This Moment, Behemoth, Nile & More News That Rules Mar 2, 2007
Grand Magus will open the evening and Cathedral frontman Lee Dorrian and Witchcraft singer Magnus Pelander will DJ.. New Jersey emo-metal band Bedlight for Blue Eyes have started tracking their second album, tentatively titled Whole Again. (VHI.com -- Music News)
You can escape from the positive, negative energies around you Feb 4, 2007
Enter a cathedral and you will probably feel something special, an energy that surrounds you and beckons you to speak in whispers. Last summer, I visited St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City ... Inside the cathedral was a sacred space filled with quiet spiritual respect. (Pensacola News Journal)
PORTRAIT OF NEW YEARS EVE MELEE Jan 27, 2007
" The party was scheduled to begin at 10 p.m, and the Baker's Dozen members arrived at about 10:30 p.m. Almost all of the 40 invited guests were there by about 11 p.m. Some partygoers smuggled in their own alcohol, including champagne, vodka, beer and tequila. A relative said that when she checked on the partygoers, she noticed no drinking. On a table in the center of the maroon-walled dining room were soft drinks and three Baker's Dozen-provided cheesecakes along with New Year's party hats... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Wife, daughter of 'Crocodile Hunter' discuss life on the wild side Jan 20, 2007
"In the British capital, London Bridge station reopened after being closed when part of a roof collapsed.Scaffolding blew off the cathedral in Saint-Omer, France, damaging the facade and breaking a window as it fell. In Fourmies, also in northern France, the roof of a private school crashed into a parking lot."When it happened, everyone was in the buildings -- fortunately no one was in the cars. otherwise there would have been deaths," the Saint-Pierre school's director, Regis Coustenoble, told... (North County Times)
Imagine there's a heaven ... Jan 14, 2007
And Giles Gilbert Scott's awesome Gormenghast Anglican cathedral sitting above a canyon of dreadful gloom is twice as big as St Paul's and looms with terrible Christian menace over the pagan Hellenic monuments in its grounds. A modern house by local architect Gerald Beech won The Woman's Journal architecture award in 1960. (Guardian Unlimited)
Little Italy of the north Jan 10, 2007
"The oven's flooring is met by a perimeter of hand-placed bricks that are positioned in the same manner in which a cathedral is built," says Marcello. "The oven is built in a manner to allow the heat from the flames that wrap around the oven to heat to an even consistency. It is so hot that it cooks a pizza in a little over two minutes.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Two dead after strong storms rip path from southern Louisiana to Georgia Jan 7, 2007
Kleinmaischeid's predecessor, Viroinval in Belgium, put up a "glass cathedral" sculpture to mark the center when the EU had only 15 members. Gelnhausen may enjoy more longevity. (North County Times)
Who Taunted?: Jan 4, 2007
Former presidents, political leaders, and other dignitaries were at the Washington National Cathedral to bid farewell to Ford. "Gerald Ford assumed the presidency when the nation needed a leader of character and humility," President Bush said. (Slate)
Papal choirmaster writes musical based on Dante Jan 3, 2007
The 52-year-old prelate has been choirmaster at the Basilica of St John Lateran, the cathedral of Rome, since 1985. He has organised - and, in many cases, composed - the music for a number of the most important events staged by the Vatican in recent years, including the 2000 jubilee. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Mourners Gather at Capitol to Pay Respects to Ford Jan 1, 2007
The public will be able to view his coffin in the Rotunda again today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Much of official Washington, including President Bush, will gather with Ford's widow, Betty, and other members of the Ford family at Washington National Cathedral tomorrow morning for the funeral. He will be buried Wednesday near his presidential library in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Washington Post)
