{"id":3573,"date":"2009-10-27T10:19:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T10:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/the-us-gets-another-basilica.html"},"modified":"2009-10-27T10:19:43","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T10:19:43","slug":"the-us-gets-another-basilica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/the-us-gets-another-basilica.html","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. gets another basilica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/StJohns-vintage1SM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"StJohns-vintage1SM.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/212\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/10\/StJohns-vintage1SM-thumb-400x256-8872.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0 auto 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div>This one is in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/briefs\/cns\/20091026.htm#head3\">Connecticut<\/a>:<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\nPope Benedict XVI has elevated St. John the Evangelist Church in downtown Stamford in the Bridgeport Diocese to the status of minor basilica. The designation was announced Oct. 17.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport said in a statement he was grateful to the pope &#8220;for this great blessing on our diocese. As a minor basilica, St. John&#8217;s now enjoys a special relationship with the Holy Father,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It becomes the pope&#8217;s church and a center for the promotion of the teachings of the Holy Father and the Catholic Church&#8217;s magisterium, as well as a center for a deeper devotion to the pope as the successor of St. Peter.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Founded in 1847 to meet the needs of a growing Catholic population, St. John is known as the &#8220;mother church of Stamford.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> There&#8217;s much more, including some gorgeous music and history and pictures at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjohnsstamford.com\/\">St. John&#8217;s website.<\/a>   <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is in Connecticut: Pope Benedict XVI has elevated St. John the Evangelist Church in downtown Stamford in the Bridgeport Diocese to the status of minor basilica. 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