Tag: cathedral

New $8.5 million park, set to open next year, breaks ground in Cathedral City

Cathedral City has officially started construction on a 7.5 acre park set to open in its Dream Homes neighborhood next year. The city held a groundbreaking ceremony for Dream Homes Park on Wednesday morning with city staff, councilmembers and Coachella Valley Association of Governments representatives in attendance. The new park is located east of North […]

Man held over Cologne Cathedral threat to remain in custody

A 30-year-old Tajik man arrested on December 24 in connection with a terrorist threat to Cologne Cathedral remains in custody two weeks after his arrest, police in the western German city said on Sunday. The man was arrested in the town of Wesel, some 100 kilometres north of Cologne after a police special unit searched […]

German police report no Christmas Eve incidents at Cologne Cathedral

Cologne police reported no untoward incidents during their checks on the German city’s famous cathedral following warnings of a possible terrorist attack on the traditional Christmas Eve service. Careful checks of people entering the cathedral were without incident, a police spokeswoman said on Monday. The surrounds of the cathedral, where police had increased their presence, […]

Christmas Eve worshippers to face security screening at Cologne cathedral

Cologne police acting on indications of a possible attack searched Germany’s landmark cathedral with sniffer dogs on Saturday and said worshippers attending Christmas Eve Mass would undergo security screening before being allowed in. In Austria, police in Vienna also said they were taking heightened security measures around churches and Christmas markets, deploying both uniformed and […]