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To: american colleen
Pope John Paul II said he shares the joy of Los Angeles-area Catholics at the completion of their new cathedral

.... then asks that bones of St. Vibiana be returned post haste! LOL ... just kidding.

May God bless him, what else can he say? Whatever was Mahony thinking when he built this - this - edifice? It features a restaurant ????!!!! (wouldn't you just love to be the one responsible for assigning names to the various dishes being served!! Oh how my imagination flies with that.), and a convention center - play and pray??? Is he hoping to lure the Academy Awards there some time in the future?

Perhaps he imagines himself in competition with the "Crystal Cathedral". I am waiting on the list of invited guests ... Dr. Schuller and son were probably there, taking notes and planning their next addition.

8 posted on 09/02/2002 5:31:09 PM PDT by NYer
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To: NYer
I saw a news report of this on TV. They showed the Cathedral inside and out. Well I don't know. I guess its okay. It is 2002, time marches on. You can't expect brand new cathedrals to be built to look like the ones in the middle ages.
11 posted on 09/02/2002 5:41:42 PM PDT by Theresa
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To: NYer
You are right, what else can JPII say? Notice he did not comment regarding the physical building at all.

May God forgive me, but I think it is a modern monstrosity straight out of Orwell's "1984."

Whatever was Mahony thinking when he built this - this - edifice? It features a restaurant ????!!!! (wouldn't you just love to be the one responsible for assigning names to the various dishes being served!! Oh how my imagination flies with that.), and a convention center - play and pray??? Is he hoping to lure the Academy Awards there some time in the future?

God only knows what Mahony was thinking. I was always willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until months ago I read those e-mails he wrote regarding his role in the scandals. Among the many sad thoughts going through my head when I read them, were 1. Mahony speaks like a guilty CEO and not the shepherd of the flock. 2. No mention of victims 3. No mention of God. So, I don't know what goes through his head, but it doesn't seem to be what should be going through his head.

Naming the dishes would be a pretty funny thread! A restaurant and a convention center... I like "play and pray" a lot! How about "meet, greet and eat" to combine both?

Mahony has gone Hollywood, for sure.

17 posted on 09/02/2002 6:08:47 PM PDT by american colleen
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