Westminster Cathedral

Pope Benedict XVI is presides over Holy Mass in the Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Westminster.
Monsignor Philip Whitmore used to work as a kind of " liturgical impresario " for Westminster Cathedral , the Mother Church of England and Wales, as he tells Veronica Scarisbrick :

"..John Francis Bentley, the architect wanted to produce a very distinctive building ..he was encouraged to explore the Byzantine style ... certainly it does establish roots with the very beginnings of Christianity, the first millennium .."

"..the Catholic community... does tend to look at the Cathedral in the centre of London .. as a kind of a national church ..and it's true that a great many events take place there ....a great many national celebrations .."

"..the Cathedral opened in 1903..and the first London performance of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius took place in the Cathedral the same year ... the text of course by Cardinal Newman .."
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