How cool is this? At the close of the Year of St. Paul, the Vatican has declared the Cathedral of the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to be a National Shrine of St. Paul. It is the only one in the country, and has created something of a small but strong following in this area for a devotion to the city's namesake.
The Cathedral is not only a center for worship, but a great civic landmark. The city of St. Paul was named after the chapel founded in that name in 1840. The Cathedral is a great work of architecture and is often toured for it’s beauty alone (thank you James J. Hill and your railroad fortune for that one!). The baldechino is fashioned after the Vatican and the building is truly a work of art inside and out.
I’m so proud of our archdiocese and our cathedral—what a great time to be a Catholic in the Twin Cities!
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