What of artistic merit have modern American Catholics introduced in their churches? There have been quite a few extraordinarily ugly structures. What else?
Many modern Catholic churches are horrible, indeed. This came about around Vatican 2 which did a lot to destroy the beauty of the Mass and its many rituals. As well as the hymns and awful architecture! Still, there’s nothing worse than a 1960s Methodist church. They invariably look more like a gymnasium than a church.