Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba construction of the Great Mosque, which was considerably expanded by later Muslim rulers. Córdoba returned to Christian rule in 1236 during the Reconquista, and the building was converted to a Roman Catholic church, culminating in the insertion of a Renaissance cathedral nave in the 16th century. Since the early 2000s, Spanish Muslims have lobbied the Roman Catholic Church to allow them to pray in the cathedral. This Muslim campaign has been rejected on multiple occasions, both by the church authorities in Spain and by the Vatican. It is commonly believed that the site of the Mosque-Cathedral was originally a Christian
St. Francis Pro-Cathedral, Tripoli Paul the Apostle (Malta) with the church of Mary Immaculate in Benghazi. St. Francis Pro-Cathedral, Tripoli The St. Francis Pro-Cathedral or simply Church of St. Francis, is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Tripoli, Libya. The St. Francis Pro-Cathedral follows the Roman Rite or Latin rite serves as a parish church and the pro-cathedral or temporary cathedral of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli ("Vicariatus Apostolicus Tripolitanus") which was created in 1630 by Pope Urban VIII. It is about 740 metres from the old cathedral of Tripoli dating back to 1928, which was converted into a mosque in