"We allow the church to speak for itself," he said, calling the show "a celebration of sorts."

But he said the church had spoken and he would submit to its decision.

"This highly visible church set on a hill speaks directly of the history of this city and its people."

"I've always been a bishop who felt that in order to make the church speak to the world, you've got to take risks," he explained.

He thought 'the church cannot speak of any earthly war as a crusade'.

Never before has the church spoken with such anguish or directness of its role during World War II.

An imposing Baroque collegiate church, built in cathedral-like proportions, speaks of a city of stature well into the 18th century.

Š"You're talking as if the churches speak with one voice," Linxe said.

The State hardly existed, the churches were weak and spoke with many voices, and land was to be had for the taking.

If the church could speak English plainly maybe its service wouldn't be so jammed.