[NYer]

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[pgkdan]

I think I’m going to be sick to my stomach.

[a fool in paradise]

SF, does this “church” also offer a bath house for public same sex encounters?

[The_Reader_David]

As to the pagan art: I am reminded of the story told by Andrew Mead, now rector of St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue (PECUSA), of walking through the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (PECUSA) in the company of Fr. Alexander Schmemann. The encounted a statue of the Buddha in a niche off of one of the aisles.

Fr. Alexander is reported of have remarked (Fr. Mead quoted him, imitating his rolling Russian baritone), “Do you know what this is? This is bullsh*t!”

Still, so long as the removal of confessionals is indicative of the adoption of the practice found salutary in the East of combining spiritual counsel with the Mystery of Repentance, in the context of a confession in which the priest clearly knows the penitent, I’m not sure that *that* is necessarily a bad thing.

[little jeremiah]

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Even for non-Catholics this is extremely distressing. Catholicism is a bullwark against the destruction of moral absolutes; this is an example of the opposite, and is very saddening. What is needed is a resurgence of traditional Catholicism and CINOs gotten rid of. This will help everyone.

[mlizzy]

The photograph at the left is at St. John Cantius in Chicago and depicts two of their confessionals. They have about ten such confessionals in their church proper. The cool thing is they hear confessions all through the Sunday masses there. It is one of their "specialties," hearing confessions right before the reception of the Most Holy Eucharist. The second photograph shows the length between the back of church where these particular confessionals are located and on towards the front of the church. This entire space had penitents waiting along the wall at yesterday's Tridentine Mass. If you're in the area and you wish to hear a Tridentine Mass (they have Ordinary Form in English as well), stop by St. John Cantius. The Tridentine Mass is so amazing that most people do not leave their pews immediately when it is over. It's a mixture of being in awe and just taking more time to soak in the beauty of Jesus (and appropriate church art). St. John Cantius Parish, Chicago, IL.

[Salvation]

Bishops of these dioceses need to hear from us. This is outrageious.

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[GOPPachyderm]

those statues look demonic don’t they?

[AnAmericanMother]

If the Jesuits just simply HAVE to have a cultural art exhibit, there’s something called a PARISH HALL . . . rather than using a consecrated space for stuff that is clearly dedicated to somebody else’s religion!

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

scary looking?yes,demonic? NO,only if you give those figures your uber-intentionality of demonism.

[Cronos]

San Fran, burn in heck. Is there any website for this Jesuit Church (and hey, I LIKE Jesuits, am from a Jesuit school and univ) for us to complain and send them nasty emails as well?