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So not much has changed at the Cologne Cathedral (who would'a thunk???). But! That was until I came across this:

Whatttt? That's not a normal stain glass window!?! Well, boys and girls, (oder, Jugen und Madchen) it's a new installment by Gerhard Richter, a modern German artist. The window that was there before was destroyed during WWII and the new window consists of 72 different colors of glass, all taken from other windows in the cathedral. Although many are against it, I think it's very beautiful and a great portrayal of how modern religion came to be. The idea of taking the same colors used in the other windows displays (at least to me) how we have adopted aspects of old religion into our lives and made it new.

Also, if you were wondering, the Archbishop of Cologne was opposed to it. But nobody asked him anyway. No, seriously, nobody asked for his opinion before they accepted it.