Ex Convent of Acolman in Acolman, Mexico

This 16th-century missionary site features Catholic murals, stone carvings, and fortress-like architecture.#christianity #murals #churches #convents #section-Atlas
Ex Convent of Acolman

#photo #townscape #Wismar #spring #medival #architecture #churches

A view from the Northeast.

Churches populate the breadth of the U.S. national park system, from the barrier islands of South Carolina to the Pacific Islands of Hawaii, from New England to the American Southwest. Some still house active congregations, while others are of historical interest but no longer used for worship.
#religion #worship #spirituality #NationalParks #NationalParkService #spirituality #nationalparks #CivilRights #churches #synagogues #missions #missionaries #colonialism
https://www.sacredwonderland.us/worshipping-in-national-parks/

Lovely day out yesterday with the Gransden ringers for their spring #bellringing outing. Love visiting different churches, not only for the chance to ring on different bells, but to see a whole range of ages of church architecture. The first church looked very Norman (1066 & all that) on entering, which is unusual in itself, but look to the east end and suddenly*bamb* Georgian chancel complete with ceiling moulding! The next church was signposted outside as "notable saxon church". Lovely chunky tower arch. And then a church with a whole mix of styles including this classic perpendicular window, I guess the later end of the style based on the angular arch (?15th century?), but don't quote me on that.
#churches #architecture #Northamptonshire

Black smoke, no pope: What to look for during the conclave
By Anna Levy

The world's eyes are on the Vatican at the moment, with a new pope soon to be decided through the secretive process of the conclave. Here's how we will know when one is chosen.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-27/new-pope-elected-white-smoke-at-the-vatican/105205410

#ReligiousLeaders #ReligiousRituals #Churches #History #AnnaLevy

Worshippers gather for Easter mass inside the ruins of St George Melkite Catholic church, damaged by Israeli airstrikes, in Dardghaya. #Lebanon

Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

@photography
#churches
#Easter

As Jones' reminder that his own book White Too Long has been censored by the Trump regime calls us to see, there's a huge push to obliterate the real history of the US when it's deeply unflattering — to white supremacists and white Christian nationalists. If you want to delve into that real history vis-a-vis the sordid story of lynching, a valuable resource is the book Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America.

#churches #WhiteSupremacy #racism #lynching
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https://withoutsanctuary.org/main.html

(continued from /1) "I tell the story of white Christians in Atlanta streaming straight from church services to board special trains to take them to participate in the man hunt and lynching of Sam Hose (born Samuel Thomas Wilkes) in nearby Newnan, which took place on April 23, 1899, two years to the day after the lynching of Joseph McCoy."

#churches #WhiteSupremacy #racism #lynching
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"[The] proximity of white churchgoing and lynching was common throughout the U.S. In my book, White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, (which has now been banned by the government at the US Naval Academy)," (continued in /2)

~ Robert P. Jones

#churches #WhiteSupremacy #racism #lynching
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https://www.whitetoolong.net/p/between-history-and-hope-remarks

Black Madonna Chapel at Kappelberg in Roosendaal, Netherlands

In 1421, a drowning man prayed for his life and promised to build a chapel where he would wash ashore.#chapel #churches #religion #section-Atlas
Black Madonna Chapel at Kappelberg

Red Monastery in Sohag, Egypt

An early Christian basilica modeled after an Egyptian temple showcases some the best-preserved frescos from late antiquity.#art #basilicas #churches #religion #monasteries #section-Atlas
Red Monastery

New Testament Reading: #Revelation 1:4-8

#John wrote to the seven #churches of Asia.

Herzgruft 'Heart Crypt' in Vienna, Austria

The hearts of 54 Habsburg royals received special burials here separate from their bodies.#churches #crypts #burialplaces #hearts #section-Atlas
Herzgruft 'Heart Crypt'

Catholic leaders in Canberra remember Pope Francis as a 'disrupter'
By Jade Toomey and Coquohalla Connor

Pope Francis is remembered as "charitable, compassionate and a great leader" by those attending an angelus in Canberra.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/canberra-remembers-the-great-leader-pope-francis/105202490

#ReligiousLeaders #DeathandDying #Churches #JadeToomey #CoquohallaConnor

While I was reading something else, where are the #churches in the #US United States who fight against this inhuman behavior of the government?
#Trump
#catholic
#protestant

Our Lady, Star of the Sea & St. Winifride (RC) church, Amlwch, Anglesey. The only other example I've seen is in Lima, Peru.

It is mostly concrete, including the ribs, which have design and material flaws, long leading to a leaking roof, though restored and reopened in 2011. In 2021, it was closed again due to continued structural problems.

#photography #churches #heritage #wales #cymru