[Utah Girl]

I was under the impression that Brigham Young helped build the Cathedral of the Madeleine also. I do know that he welcomed other faiths into Utah. Ha, after reading the article, Brigham Young did help with the building of the first Catholic church in Utah, St Mary Magdalene. The Cathedral of the Madleine is a most beautiful building.

[jo6pac]

A folk legend states that Brigham Young donated the land where the cathedral stands but the facts are this: when the northwest corner of 1st S and 2nd E was purchased in good faith by Fr. Edward Kelly in November 1866 to build a church, the title was not legally clear. As Father Kelly did want to go through litigation, he asked the contestant to summit to the mediation of BrighamYoung. President Young found that the good faith purchase was valid.