150 Churches in Paris and elsewhere

195 Metz, France, Sainte Ségolène This church is much attended by the Polish community in Metz, and you can see signs of this by texts in Polish, and the concentration on Saint John Paul, who was Pope John Paul the second, and was born Karol Józef Wojtyła . Parts of the building go back to the 13th century, and we have a 15th century porch. Some of the stained glass is over 500 years old.

Göteborg Cathedral: first church in Sweden to get central heating Lots more white and gold than in your common or garden cathedral. I particularly liked the modern religious art - a crown of thorns with noone wearing it, a christ-like tunic in metal fabric; very spiritual, I thought. As perhaps you knew, in Scandinavia countries have a national Church each (two in Finland: don’t ask). So this is a Church of Sweden cathedral. The Church of Sweden is a Lutheran church (basically, good works are not the point, faith is where it’s at, and you only get two sacraments, not the seven the Catholics can boast). Their view on transubstantiation is worth a look, too. After a huge fire burned down the second cathedral on the site at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the present cathedral, the third, was built, in (neo)classical style. It was the first church in Sweden to be fitted with central heating, in 1852.