Crystal Cathedral, Home to the “Hour of Power,” Transforms Into Catholic Seat

For Religion News Service, Heather Adams writes about the Crystal Cathedral in Orange County, California, the former base of the Rev. Robert Schuller’s 1970s evangelist broadcast Hour of Power. The building is now being transformed into a Catholic church, renamed Christ Cathedral. The Catholic Church bought the 128-foot-tall glass building for $57.5 million. Richard Heim the Catholic division CEO of Clark Construction Group, said, “The building is going to continue its journey and its purpose of meeting the spiritual purpose of the people.”

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