Bishop Philippe Christory of Chartres delivered the homily at the closing Mass, celebrated by Abbé Jean de Massia, FSSP, the ...

Dedicated to Notre-Dame, Chartres Cathedral acquired strong associations with the cult of the Virgin. Most of the 12th- and 13th-century sculpture and stained glass survive, to make the cathedral one ...

sacred objects such as the mirror are carried over from the old shrine to the new. The Grand Shrine of Ise is, in one sense, much more fragile than its Western counterparts. Chartres Cathedral has ...

This extraordinary documentary film explores one of the most beautiful and mysterious cathedrals in the world, the famous Chartres Cathedral in France. Forty-four magnificent stained-glass windows ...

Window at Chartres Cathedral ... when some of the country’s most beautiful sacred art objects were smashed in obedience to King Henry VIII. But I’d never done more than touch a fragment ...

Organized by the French Notre-Dame de Chrétienté association, the three-day walking journey is set to take place this year ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point ... of stained-glass of the 13th century, which are the ...