[sinkspur]

Yet another liberal bishop surrounded by trendy liturgist and trendy advisers, completely without taste, seeking to be remembered as the great founder of a great building.

I thought Vigneron was a conservative. You mean there's trouble in paradise?

This thing will cost more than the Taj Mahoney before it's finished, you watch. And it looks just as hideous.

Catholics are tired of this extravagance in church buildings. It sounds as if he won't have much of a parish for this Cathedral, as it will be a kluge pulled together of Vietnamese and poor congregations.

[Cicero]

Vigneron may be a conservative in some regards. But this project doesn't strike me as conservative.

Some bishops are hard to type. Cardinal Law always seemed to be theologically sound and conservative, but look what happened to him. He wasn't conservative enough to use elementary common sense in dealing with a pederast priest.

[MegaSilver]

Catholics are tired of this extravagance in church buildings.

Extravagance is fine, as long as it's Hagia Sophia- or Notre Dame- style extravagance.

These space-age buildings are just ghastly to look at.

[ninenot]

Catholics are tired of this extravagance in church buildings. It sounds as if he won't have much of a parish for this Cathedral

None of this bothered Rembert the Poofterwonk when he spent $60mill simply wrecking the interior of the existing building and adding 'garden spaces.'

And I don't recall you objecting to Rembert's expenditure--not that it matters.