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BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Church's office conversion plan in Oxford city centre approved
A church's plan to convert an office building next door in Oxford city centre has been given the go-ahead by a Evangelical Presbyterian Church agreed to buy the Grade II listed North Gate Hall from Oxford City Council earlier this year and had been leasing it from the 19th Century building, in St Michael's Street, was originally used as a United Methodist Free Church chapel and then a restaurant between 2012 and church said it will reuse the three-storey 1950s office building alongside it as a "flexible modern space" to "meet the day-to-day needs of the congregation and linked organisations". The council approved the planning application last week. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace Gaza and Ukraine during homily
Pope Leo XIV called the congregation during the homily of his inaugural Mass to not forget about the children enduring war in Gaza and that he hoped a peace deal would be reached in the Ukraine-Russia war.
