Coventry Cathedral, almost obliterated by German bombs, will rise again. But the new fane, as described last week by Coventry's Bishop Neville Vincent Gorton, will be an innovation among Anglican Cathedrals. The striking change will not be in architecture (it will be modernized Gothic, designed by famed Roman Catholic architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott), but in the cathedral's interdenominational character.
Legally the Cathedral Church of St. Michael will belong to the Church of England. But, as "The People's Cathedral," it will belong to everyone. It will have a communal center (for meetings, discussions) open...
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