A £3.5m restoration project
The Prince of Wales met the First Minister during a visit to St Malachy’s Church in Belfast on Friday Feb 4. Peter Robinson greeted Prince Charles on the doorstep of the building, as he arrived to view a £3.5m restoration project.
Mr Robinson said the royal visit showed Northern Ireland has entered a “new era”.
“It is the first time in recent history that we have had a royal in a Roman Catholic Church here,” he added.
“So it is a good start. It should send of an indication that respect, understanding and tolerance is growing in Northern Ireland.”
St Malachy’s was destroyed by a Luftwaffe bomb in 1941, but in 2006 the diocese of Down and Connor embarked on a project to restore its original features.
The First Minister greeted the Prince of Wales on the doorstep of St Malachy’s
Mr Robinson said: “It has been set out very well and has held on to the architecture of the original.”
Prince Charles also presided over the first inter-faith meeting of members of the four main churches, organised by the local branch of the Prince’s Regeneration Trust.
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