It was built at a time when Catholic houses of worship were still constructed on a grand scale, heavily influenced by their European counterparts. That was in 1835, and the people of Mobile would have ...

Termites go to church too. Termites have been eating away for years at one of Alabama’s most historic cathedrals. The Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, which was built from 1835 to 1850 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Engineers have advised the Archdiocese of Mobile that the west end of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is unsafe due to extensive termite damage, according to ...

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The west side of the 175-year-old Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception has been closed to the public due to extensive termite damage. The announcement about the damaged west end came on ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Archdiocese of Mobile has closed the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception’s west end after it was deemed unsafe, News 5 has learned. According to a statement from ...