The queen and the cardinal. (Britain).London--Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminister, was invited to be the guest of Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, or Elizabeth, may refer to: Living people
Bohemia Elizabeth I, 1533–1603, queen of England (1558–1603). Early Life The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she was declared illegitimate just before the execution of her mother in 1536, but in in 1558 that a Cardinal of the Catholic Church has been invited there, assuming that a Cardinal visited during the short reign of Queen Mary Queen Mary, Queen Marie, or Queen Maria may refer to: Queens Britain England
The Archbishop preached at the Sunday morning service at the estate's chapel on January 13. Prince Philip, the Queen Mother and other members of the Royal family were also present. The Cardinal's spokesman said that he was greatly honoured by the invitation, regarding it as "a further sign of the Queen's own determination to promote ecumenical relations within the nation." Queen Elizabeth has met twice with the Pope and in 1995 attended a vespers vespers (vĕs`pərz) [Lat.,=evening], in the Christian Church, principal evening office. In the Roman rite, vespers have consisted since the 6th cent. of a few prayers, five psalms, a lesson, the Magnificat, and an antiphon. service at Westminster Cathedral. She greatly admired the late Cardinal Basil Hume, to whom she awarded the Order of Merit Order of Merit Noun Brit an order awarded for outstanding achievement in any field in 1999. |
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