The emphasis of the liturgical movement of gathering the congregation around the liturgical elements is here emphasized by seating in the monastic fashion, with the congregation facing one another across pulpit, font, and ...

The preeminence of the altar, with its baldanquin and the tabernacle on the table, is clearly Roman Catholic. The simplicity and clarity of design with the single altar presages the liturgical movement which found its ...

The serpentine columns and bas relief sculpture which comes forward out of the frame is a wonderful example of the baroque.

Saint Seryatius was an Armenian missionary who died in Maastrict c. 384. His remains are enclosed in the altar.

Looking down upon the contemporary altar from the balcony.

Photos were not allowed in the Pauline chapel which is the pope's private chapel. Through the influence of the Ladies of Bethanie and the ecumenical euphoria of Vatican II, together with the pope's recent visit to Geneva ...

Again we see the juxtaposition of the contemporary with the pulpit, freestanding altar/table, and seats for the clergy with the traditional high altar, tabernacle, and crucifix, and completing the visual focus, on the wall ...

Alongside the entrance at the base of one of the flanking towers is an altar for the side chapel. Its stark simplicity with the light from the clerestories and candle and stuccoed cylindrical walls lend an aura of sanctity ...

The liturgical center is illuminated by a clearstory bathing the altar with light, with pulpit to the left, and chapel for the reserved host to the right, with bench and chairs for clergy and acolytes spanning the chancel.

Dahinden has again provided a running water baptistery. Here the water pouring from the sprout into a circular bowl is clearly visible and makes its presents audibly known throughout the service. In the photo, the corner ...