Vespers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:36:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Vespers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic service at Hampton Court after 450 year break https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/02/12/catholic-service-at-hampton-court-after-450-year-break/ Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:07:15 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=80381 A Catholic service has been celebrated in the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace in London for the first time in 450 years. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster hosted the service of Vespers, largely conducted in Latin and attended by 300 people. The service featured choral music from the 15th and 16th centuries. The cardinal Read more

Catholic service at Hampton Court after 450 year break... Read more]]> A Catholic service has been celebrated in the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace in London for the first time in 450 years.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster hosted the service of Vespers, largely conducted in Latin and attended by 300 people.

The service featured choral music from the 15th and 16th centuries.

The cardinal entered the chapel walking a few steps behind Bishop Richard Chartres, the Anglican bishop of London and dean of the royal chapels.

The cardinal and the bishop held a public discussion on the relationship between the churches and the crown and the role of Christianity in society

Bishop Chartres then preached a homily, in which he stated that church unity would be built "as we look together at the problems facing humanity rather than looking at the differences between us".

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