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Actually, the topic for the thread isn’t what GOES ON in churches. There are many churches in the West that “traditionalists” go all shrill and goosebumpy over in terms of the architecture and the appointments that have also been the scene of liturgical abuses. Those abuses (and I’m not sure that this qualifies as one, though I don’t care for it: there are the antedents in Latin countries of the great statues carried out of the churches and into the streets in procession for feast days, Holy Week, etc.) don’t detract from the beauty of the buildings, generally.
Let’s stick to the buildings and the permanent features therein (in your charity). I freely acknowledge that there are some contemporary horrors, such as the cathedrals in San Francisco (which looks like a Whirlpool agitator) or Oakland. I think this link shows one, however, that works nicely. Though contemporary, it draws on tradition: sacredhearthouston.org/index.cfm?load=photoalbum&album=5
To At Trent, per our discussion of “the people’s altar”: You will note the altar. This is an a very good example of what I would consider to be an ideal Altar: Fairly severe, massive, made of stone.
