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First Mass since Reformation to be held in Swiss cathedral

Article Date - 02/17/2020

"The cathedral was the seat of the Catholic bishops of Geneva from the fourth century until the Protestant Reformation. The last Mass celebrated at the cathedral took place in 1535. After the Reformation, the building was taken over by John Calvin’s Reformed Protestant Church, which destroyed the cathedral’s statues and paintings, and banned Catholic worship. At the request of Geneva’s Protestant population, Desthieux will celebrate the Mass and not Bishop Charles Morerod of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg. But, Desthieux said, Bishop Morerod views the Mass as an historic 'local event.'" The Protestant Reformation walls keep breaking down, not because the Catholic Church has become more biblical but the Protestants are less biblical. "And let it be remembered, it is the boast of Rome that she never changes" {GC88 580.3}.