A visit to a cathedral near Basel reveals how one religious community practises its faith even as more people in Switzerland and across the West turn away from the church. The percentage of people in Switzerland who say they dont belong to any religion increased by 13.5% between 2000 and 2016,according to the Federal Statistical Office. But in places like Arlesheim in northwestern Switzerland, churches and their services continue to be fraction of the community, and despite certain challenges. Arlesheim’s cathedral was built in the 1680s as a satellite church for the one in Basel. It has become the town landmark,with its impressive exterior and interior architecture that was restored in the Rococo style of the late Baroque period. The church’s organ was made by renowned builder Johann Andreas Silbermann and is admired worldwide for its special sound. In mid-October, this parish and the one in the nearby town of Münchenstein both welcomed a novel pastor. Reverend Sylvester Ihuoma ...
Source: swissinfo.ch