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Who's Renovating our Traditional Churches? By Michael S. Rose |
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For several decades running, Catholics have been asked to accept denuding renovations on the basis
of subjective and contrived opinions that are passed off as authoritative mandates of the Church.
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The following is the text of a speech delivered in Milwaukee on June 4, 2000 - on the eve of the proposed renovation of Milwaukee's Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
One of the most divisive issues in the Church in our country over the past few decades is that of church renovation. A friend of mine recently remarked to me that it is easy to see the devil’s hand in this business. Why? Because it occupies us with infighting, keeps us from evangelizing, distracts us from worship, and divides our communities. What more could an fallen angel ask for? When we ought to performing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, we are worrying if a Judas Priest might not be preparing to remove the outward manifestations of our faith from our churches. It is a pathetic situation really. It is akin to a counter-productive civil war...
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