ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (CNS)—Just off First Red Army Street in central St. Petersburg, down the road from an ornate Russian Orthodox cathedral, it's easy to miss a building that represents the future of Russian Catholicism.
Built in the late 19th century, four stories high and painted a yellowish gold, Mary Queen of the Apostles Seminary displays few signs of the Catholic faith flourishing inside.
Instead there are signs of Catholicism's centuries-long struggle in Russia.Father Markus Nowotny, the German-born rector of the seminary, points to the building's lone external cross, which faces, oddly enough, away from the street.
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