“Everything beautiful is just torn down and destroyed.”
By Catholics for Catholics
One of Christendom’s oldest and most striking cathedrals in the world is now uglified by Graffiti.
Canterbury Cathedral, one of England’s most emblematic and oldest Christian structures dating back to 597, has been painted with graffiti. It now has many people flabbergasted and incensed, according to the Daily Wire
The graffiti is part of an exhibition by the poet Alex Vellis and curator Jacqueline Creswell. It includes messages written on the stone walls of the huge and classically ornate cathedral.
The graffiti includes questions such as, “What is the architecture of heaven?” and “Does everything have a soul?” can be seen in the customary street style script on the walls and columns of the building.
“Why are you indifferent to suffering?” Another message found beneath a stained glass window says, per ARTnews.
Just when you think the Church of England couldn’t descend any further…
— Piers Baker (@phmbaker) October 10, 2025
Canterbury Cathedral is literally graffitiing itself and celebrating it as art pic.twitter.com/jcHLdKiWDc
Canterbury Cathedral goes back to the sixth Century, being established by Augustine. It was a Catholic place of worship until the reformation.
The exhibition is being mounted with the entire approval of the authorities, but social media users are voicing their shock at temporarily desecrating a house of worship.
Irish author Keith Woods posted on X, “I was horrified to see this graffiti on Canterbury Cathedral, founded by St. Augustine [himself], then I discovered it was actually an initiative welcomed by the Church of England!”
“It’s actually stunning how much the elite of Britain hate their own culture and civilization,” Australian conservative activist Drew Pavlou wrote. “You couldn’t even invent this as satire. They are literally scrawling graffiti on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Everything beautiful is just torn down and destroyed.”
David Monteith, the dean of Canterbury, who supports the exhibition, said of the display, “There is a rawness which is magnified by the graffiti style, which is disruptive. There is also an authenticity in what is said because it is unfiltered and not tidied up or sanitized. Above all, this graffiti makes me wonder why I am not always able to be as candid, not least in my prayers.”
The graffiti display is scheduled to remain until January 2026.
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