Immaculate Conception Cathedral, St. George's
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located on Church Street beside York House, Grenada, York House in the town of St. George's, Grenada, Saint George, capital of the Caribbean island nation of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. It serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint George's in Grenada, Catholic Diocese of Saint George (''Dioecesis Sancti Georgii''). The building is located atop a hill overlooking the harbor, and is one of the most important symbol of the city. In the place where it is now a small chapel existed previously completed in 1804 and dedicated to James, son of Zebedee, St James. The Gothic cathedral tower dates from 1818. The cathedral was completely finished in 1884. The church had to be rebuilt because it was damaged after Hurricane Ivan in 2004. The church decoration is simple compared with European Catholic cathedrals. See also * Roman Catholicism in Grenada ..The Cathedral was rep ...
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ...
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