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Catholics and Anglicans combine to develop Holywell shrine

The Catholic and the Anglican Churches in Wales have announced they will co-operate on plans to “develop” Holywell, the ancient shrine of St Winefride. The Catholic Bishop of Wrexham, Peter Brignall, and the Anglican Bishop of St Asaph, Gregory Cameron, have signed a pledge to develop Holywell as “an integrated place of worship, pilgrimage and tourism of World Heritage class”.