[Cicero]

Long after the pederast scandal has been forgotten, the Catholic Church in LA will be stuck with one of the ugliest, and most expensive, cathedrals in the world.

And that was his greatest and proudest accomplishment? Whoever chose Mahoney to be a bishop, let alone an archbishop, made a HUGE mistake.

[onedoug]

I’ve been in there and was essentially impressed. The main chapel itself is very large and airy. ‘Kinda funny that I went with a Catholic geologist who claimed to be an atheist, and when we got in there, he was genuflecting and crossing himself up and down. When I asked him what was up he claimed he was hedging his bets.

The area below is largely tomb space that I’m not sure how well is selling. It is sufficiently eerie, but I somehow can’t see it there 500 years from now.

[getarope]

WHO designed that place? Frank Gehry?!

[Ken H]

'Ten bucks says that's in Los Angel-eze'