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Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities Photo: The Blade/Dave Zapotosky

Good News•Local Church

Liverpool’s Modernist Crown Jewel Secures Grade I Listing as a Landmark of Postwar Faith and Vision

Constructed between 1962 and 1967 atop the vast crypt envisioned by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the 1930s, the cathedral was a bold response to both modernist aesthetics and Vatican II’s call for renewed liturgical participation. Architect Sir Frederick Gibberd’s circular, centralized plan broke decisively from the axial layouts of European cathedrals, making Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral one of the most progressive sacred spaces of its time.

Local Church•Young People

Ireland: adult baptisms on the rise, a hopeful sign of a renewing church

Two decades ago, Dublin was a city of 1.1 million, with 90 percent identifying as Catholic. Today, its population has swelled to 1.6 million, but only 66 percent still claim the Catholic label. The intervening years were marked by public disillusionment, catalyzed by clerical abuse reports, government-backed social reforms such as abortion and same-sex marriage legalization, and a broader cultural shift away from institutional religion.