Umcebo omthandayo kakhulu wamaKatolika we-American Catholicism
Uma ucabanga ukuthi iU.SA yayingekho ekhaya leSonto LamaRoma Katolika elikwazi ukuphikisana nobukhulu bama-basilicas adumile e-Yurophu, awubonanga iBasilica ye-National Shrine ye-Immaculate Conception (eyaziwa nangokuthi "iSonto LamaKatolika laseMelika" ). Isonto elide lamamitha angu-72-elisenhliziyweni yeWashington, DC kanye eduze neKatolika University of America-iyisonto elikhulu lamaKatolika eNyakatho Melika, nasemasontweni ayishumi amakhulu emhlabeni wonke.
I-Styled In Revolution YaseByzantine Ukuklama kwe-Romanesque, isonto linamaphempeli angaphezu kuka-70 nama-oratories ahlanganisa indaba yamaRoma Katolika, abantu bayo kanye ne-America ndawonye. I-Basilica ibuye iqoqe iqoqo elikhulu kunazo zonke zobuciko be-ecclesiastical (okusho imisebenzi ephathelene nesonto) emhlabeni, futhi yenzelwe ekuqaleni yiNgqungquthela yamaBhishobhi amaKatolika njenge-National Sanctuary for Prayer and Pilgrimage for American Roman Catholics. ekuqaleni kuka-1920. Ngenyanga ka-Agasti 2006, isonto lakha i-dome yomhlaba ukuze lishintshe indawo yalo yangaphambili - izinguquko zokuqala zanamuhla ezinhlelweni zayo zokuqala zokwakha.
Yakhiwe ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30, ngenxa yokuthi iyingxenye yokubambezeleka okubangelwa ukuCindezela Okukhulu, lezi zingqimba ze-basilica zikhulu kakhulu, futhi zingabulala kalula ezinye zamasonto amaningi emhlabeni. Ngokwesayithi le-National Shrine sika, i-basilica ingamaphesenti angama-25 ubude kuneSt.
I-Cathedral kaPatrick e-New York City kanye nedome yayo ingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili ubukhulu bendawo ephakathi kweSt. Mark's Basilica eVenice , e-Italy. I-Shrine, hhayi i-US Capitol, isakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke eWashington, DC , futhi sidonsela izivakashi ezingaba yisigidi ngonyaka.
UPapa uBenedict XVI, uMama uTeresa waseCalcutta, futhi kamuva nje uPapa Francis ngo-23 Septhemba 2015 baye bathandaza, babusisa, futhi banquma iminyango yalesi silica.
UPapa Francis, ikakhulukazi, uye wabusisa umpristi wesonto, uJunipeno Serra, njengongcwele waseMelika wokuqala. Isonto lalibuye libe yisitifiketi somngcwabo weNkantolo eNkulu yase-United States, u-Antonin Scalia.
Vula izinsuku ezingu-365 ngonyaka, isonto elingcwele linikeza abantu abayisithupha, amahora angu-5 okuvuma, kanye nokuzinikezela kwamasonto onke kanye nonyaka. Ngokungafani namanye amasonto-abakhetha ukungaxubani ngokomoya nobuchwepheshe-lesi sikole sibuye sivumele izivakashi ezingenakwenzeka ukucela imithandazo, ukukhanyisa amakhandlela, noma ukucela ukubhaliswa okungokomoya ngokuya ku-intanethi.
Ngokuqinisekile ukuthinta umlando, ubucwebe nabathandi bezenkolo, isontoli libuye libe negugu lokugcina lamaKatolika ezingeni layo lokukhala: I-Papal Tiara kaPapa uPaul VI. Kodwa into ehloniphekile ngeNational Shrine ayinayo i-Papal Tiara noma isigaba sayo njengamasonto ayishumi amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, yiqiniso lokuthi iVatican yavuma isithunzi sayo ngokufaka igama layo ngomaka phansi weSt. Basilica esaziwayo.
Ngakho-ke, thatha umgwaqo ukuya eMichigan Ave NE, uhambele ubuhle beli basilica, uhambe kuyo ngaphandle kwemali yokungena noma uthathe enye yezinkambo eziyisithupha zemihla ngemihla kusukela ngo-9 ekuseni kuya ku-3: 00 ebusuku.
Okuthunyelwe okuhlobene:
- Izindawo Eziphezulu EMpumalanga
- Izindawo zami ezizithandayo eWashington, DC