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4 days ago

Editorial | Celebrating the faiths we share as New Yorkers | amNewYork

Easter, Passover, and Ramadan share themes of family meals, spiritual renewal, and freedom across different faiths.

LA real estate

fromtherealdeal.com

Church and state join in push for new wave of resi development

Developers are partnering with churches to reduce land acquisition costs for affordable housing projects, saving millions in expenses.

fromMedievalists.net

How Many Workers Built a Medieval Cathedral? - Medievalists.net

The financial accounts kept by the fabrique for Girona Cathedral provide exceptionally detailed records, allowing historians to calculate the total number of workers and the average employed per year.

History

London

fromwww.bbc.com

Online Community Development

London churches to be restored by Historic England

Three historic London buildings receive over £1 million for urgent repairs to support their community functions.

Harlem developer provides temporary worship site to Muslim congregation after mosque fire | amNewYork

A developer paused construction to allow a temporary mosque for a Muslim congregation celebrating Eid al-Fitr after their mosque was damaged by fire.

London

fromianVisits

Three at-risk London churches share 1m rescue funding for urgent repairs

Three historic London churches receive over £1 million for urgent repairs from Historic England.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 weeks ago

There's nothing sinister about Muslim prayers in Trafalgar Square. As a bishop, I reject the right's attacks on worship | Arun Arora

Every year on Remembrance Day, the bishop of London leads a public Christian act of lamentation in the open air, accompanied by hymns, Bible readings, and prayers in the name of Jesus Christ.

London politics

Non-profit organizations

fromCity Limits

2 weeks ago

City to Offer Free Classes for Religious Orgs Interested in Developing Affordable Housing

NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development offers free workshops to help faith-based organizations develop affordable housing on their owned properties to address the city's housing shortage.

#historic-preservation

Upper West Side

A tale of two Manhattan churches: Landmarks Preservation Commission weighs landmarking one house of worship, demolishing another | amNewYork

fromThe Real Deal

Upper West Side

Rescue this church - from its rescuers

Upper West Side

A tale of two Manhattan churches: Landmarks Preservation Commission weighs landmarking one house of worship, demolishing another | amNewYork

fromThe Real Deal

more#historic-preservation

Upper West Side

Rescue this church - from its rescuers

fromLos Angeles Times

33 years ago

Mormon Temple Rises Above Ordinary

No one will ever mistake this for a tilt-up building in an industrial park. This is the Mormon temple being built adjacent to Interstate 5 on San Diego's affluent northern edge. After all, how many San Diego buildings have a multiterraced design, 190-foot twin spires and a 14-foot-tall gold leaf statue of the angel Moroni atop one of the spires facing eastward and blowing his prophetic trumpet? Try none.

San Francisco

#nyc-cathedrals

Miscellaneous

These Are the Most Famous Cathedrals in NYC and New York State - How Many Have You Actually Been Inside? - The Boutique Adventurer: Luxury Adventure Travel Blog focussed on Emerging Destinations for those over 35

New York City

These Are the Most Famous Cathedrals in NYC and New York State - How Many Have You Actually Been Inside? - The Boutique Adventurer: Luxury Adventure Travel Blog focussed on Emerging Destinations for those over 35

Miscellaneous

These Are the Most Famous Cathedrals in NYC and New York State - How Many Have You Actually Been Inside? - The Boutique Adventurer: Luxury Adventure Travel Blog focussed on Emerging Destinations for those over 35

New York City

These Are the Most Famous Cathedrals in NYC and New York State - How Many Have You Actually Been Inside? - The Boutique Adventurer: Luxury Adventure Travel Blog focussed on Emerging Destinations for those over 35

more#nyc-cathedrals

fromwww.bbc.com

Christian groups 'outraged' at Reform conference held in Church House

Church House has provided a veneer of spiritual legitimacy to Reform's anti-migrant and anti-Muslim politics, and their cynical scapegoating. As followers of Jesus, we must refuse to let the architecture of [the venue be used as a moral backdrop for policies that contradict the very heart of the Christian faith].

UK politics

Science

fromOpen Culture

How Medieval Cathedrals Were Built Without Science, or Even Mathematics

Medieval cathedral builders engineered complex structures like Sainte-Chapelle without mathematics or formal science, using practical techniques and empirical methods instead.

London

fromianVisits

Visiting the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Bethnal Green

A French Catholic church in Bethnal Green faced legal challenges from anti-Catholic Protestant groups in early 1900s England but ultimately secured permission to build and opened in 1912.

US politics

fromIntelligencer

Two Paths for American Christianity

Religious rhetoric has become a battleground as activists confront an ICE official who ministers at a church, prompting legal backlash and judicial criticism of deportation.

Germany news

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

German church's televised slime Jesus' infuriates the faithful

A televised Stuttgart Christmas Eve mass featuring a newborn performance covered in rice paper provoked criticism, a diocesan distancing, and heated debate among media.

Barcelona

fromEuro Weekly News

fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

Sagrada Familia 'hopeful' Pope will inaugurate Tower

Pope León XIV is very likely to visit Barcelona on 10 June to inaugurate and bless the Sagrada Familia's new 172.5-metre Tower of Jesus, marking Gaudí's centenary.

Arts

2 months ago

Comment | Is the Catholic Church catching the eye of Gen Z with the power of the image?

Younger UK demographics are increasingly attending church, with a notable shift toward Catholicism influenced in part by church art and aesthetics.

New York City

fromIntelligencer

Mamdani's Newest Ally: The Catholic Church?

Zohran Mamdani's mayoralty brings cautious optimism for leftist politics, expanding childcare, tenant protections, and immigrant safeguards amid federal retrenchment and aggressive policies.

Miscellaneous

fromArchitectural Digest

9 years ago

The 11 Most Beautiful Gothic Cathedrals Around the World

Gothic cathedrals, built 12th–16th centuries, prioritize height and light using pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and flying buttresses to create taller, stronger stone structures.

US politics

fromThe New Yorker