Mastroianni and Hart are ignorant of an important fact, as are so many other people. The largest church in the world — the one in Vatican City — is NOT a “cathedral.” It is the BASILICA of St. Peter. A cathedral is the home church of a bishop — and the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome (the Pope) is NOT St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Rather, it is the Cathedral of St. John Lateran (in Rome).
Mastroianni and Hart are ignorant of an important fact, as are so many other people. The largest church in the world — the one in Vatican City — is NOT a “cathedral.” It is the BASILICA of St. Peter. A cathedral is the home church of a bishop — and the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome (the Pope) is NOT St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Rather, it is the Cathedral of St. John Lateran (in Rome).