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Traditional Catholic Faith => Art and Literature for Catholics => Topic started by: St Giles on March 21, 2024, 08:11:19 PM
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My submission:
(https://i.imgur.com/hyttfnw.jpeg)
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That is supposed to be a tabernacle atop that pillar on the left side, complete with a built-in, electric "flame" sanctuary lamp [sic].
(https://i.imgur.com/04LKUoz.jpeg)
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(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l1G6HWlWc2g/V5eT5PJpL7I/AAAAAAAAB4Y/5Jxx4mYinXEvjXrQkRB--SN4j1PyylNIgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2582.JPG)
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(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0gIPYjAl7Fno2f18sq91-SOVCkfjzIgTiYN2SEijSwy8cOI7Uyjn2h9qs8LTyQEUISrU&usqp=CAU)
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Novus Ordo, of course, has a million of them, but those last two are SSPX churches in Spain.
Ugliest "Catholic" Churches (https://www.google.com/search?q=ugliest+catholic+churches&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjbv7Or7YaFAxXnHdAFHU8OAzIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ugliest+catholic+churches&gs_lp=EgNpbWciGXVnbGllc3QgY2F0aG9saWMgY2h1cmNoZXNIAFAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEMyAEAigILZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=EfH8ZZvzLOe7wN4Pz5yMkAM&bih=714&biw=1264&prmd=ivnmsbtz)
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Novus Ordo, of course, has a million of them, but those last two are SSPX churches in Spain.
Ugliest "Catholic" Churches (https://www.google.com/search?q=ugliest+catholic+churches&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjbv7Or7YaFAxXnHdAFHU8OAzIQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=ugliest+catholic+churches&gs_lp=EgNpbWciGXVnbGllc3QgY2F0aG9saWMgY2h1cmNoZXNIAFAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEMyAEAigILZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=EfH8ZZvzLOe7wN4Pz5yMkAM&bih=714&biw=1264&prmd=ivnmsbtz)
... one of my "favorites"
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbeOiZmjd-u1CjCTn09LjB7DA2Xu0P73EYtcDbAhCcr-DwRR6sPUL22HwOQEnh1dg3oYU&usqp=CAU)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Ufg8EC7.png)
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My submission is the "Catholic" Cathedral in Liverpool England, which goes by the nickname "Paddy's Wigwam". It is execrable inside and out...
(https://i.imgur.com/uFD6wvq.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/wypoluE.png)
Pretty bad as is, but it is even more ugly and frustrating when the Anglican cathedral in the same city looks like this (see below): "Could we trade?" haha
(https://i.imgur.com/7FRtQq4.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/J2I1Xb5.jpeg)
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I’ll never forget seeing this underground “basilica”. I thought I was in the pit of Hell.
(https://i.imgur.com/F8Ca31l.jpeg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Ufg8EC7.png)
Not a church. I have been in this wretched place. It does not really appear this way. This image comes from using a wide-angle lens. The hall sure is ugly though! 🤮
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Not a church. I have been in this wretched place. It does not really appear this way. This image comes from using a wide-angle lens. The hall sure is ugly though! 🤮
Yeah, someone created the serpentine look using a wide angle lens, but, as you said, it's hideous nonetheless, and it is hard to "unsee" the serpentine aspects, the two pillars that could be fants and the side windows eyes.
Here's a side view without the extra curvature of the sides ...
(https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/4a3f9707d90c4e9fa56ed410b6571535/3000.jpeg)
And then there's this monstrosity up front ...
(https://assets.atlasobscura.com/media/W1siZiIsInVwbG9hZHMvcGxhY2VfaW1hZ2VzLzNlNWQ5ZTA0YTllNmUxN2Q4NV81ODQyMjc1NTg2XzU0YTNmZWY3YTNfYi5qcGciXSxbInAiLCJ0aHVtYiIsIjczMHg0ODcrNis2Il0sWyJwIiwiY29udmVydCIsIi1xdWFsaXR5IDkxIC1hdXRvLW9yaWVudCJdLFsicCIsInRodW1iIiwiNjAweD4iXV0)
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(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l1G6HWlWc2g/V5eT5PJpL7I/AAAAAAAAB4Y/5Jxx4mYinXEvjXrQkRB--SN4j1PyylNIgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2582.JPG)
What is that big yellow thing that is supposed to be radiating out of Our Lady's right hand? The only thing I can remotely imagine is the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima.
With what looks like a tiara and the short hair, I'm vaguely reminded of Queen Elizabeth II.
At least the altar appears to be made out of some kind of marble, and it seems to be set up for the TLM. The crucifix is also quite traditional. Aside from the bizarre representation of Our Lady, the rest actually does not look too bad.
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What is that big yellow thing that is supposed to be radiating out of Our Lady's right hand? The only thing I can remotely imagine is the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima.
With what looks like a tiara and the short hair, I'm vaguely reminded of Queen Elizabeth II.
At least the altar appears to be made out of some kind of marble, and it seems to be set up for the TLM. The crucifix is also quite traditional. Aside from the bizarre representation of Our Lady, the rest actually does not look too bad.
Hate to answer my own question, but it's actually an SSPX chapel in Spain:
https://www.cathinfo.com/sspx-resistance-news/this-looks-traditional-must-be-halloween-!/
And the billowing yellow thing with the orb may be some reference to the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart:
https://brasildogmadafe.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-disgusting-new-church-being-built.html (https://brasildogmadafe.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-disgusting-new-church-being-built.html)
?!?!?!?!!!!?
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(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l1G6HWlWc2g/V5eT5PJpL7I/AAAAAAAAB4Y/5Jxx4mYinXEvjXrQkRB--SN4j1PyylNIgCLcB/s1600/IMG_2582.JPG)
Witchcraft. (https://i.imgur.com/sEjxiwC.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/5aQP2RQ.png)
What is that big yellow thing that is supposed to be radiating out of Our Lady's right hand? The only thing I can remotely imagine is the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima.
I don't see anything radiating from her right hand which covers her heart.
What I do see is her cloak (you can see bits of it on her left shoulder and near the left side of her waist) flowing from her right side and covering something (looks like people's faces). Maybe it's supposed to represent people being protected under her mantle.
As for the silver disk...is that a shield? again depicting her protection? If so I'd have expected a cross or some symbol on it.
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Ave Maria University Chapel in Florida.
We went there to visit one of my sisters (or maybe it was for her graduation) and I never forgot this place. We called it the "spaceship church" back then. :laugh1:
There are some aspects and art/statues which are not bad but just the over all structure makes me cringe.
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It may not win the contest, but especially in contrast with what it replaced, the Taj Mahony sure is ugly.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Los_Angeles_Cathedral.jpg/1024px-Los_Angeles_Cathedral.jpg)
(https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7d01d7be-446f-47b5-bd99-c882b27d7c62_2649x1994.jpeg)
Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral, Los Angeles. The $193 million monstrosity widely dubbed the “Taj Mahoney” or sometimes the “Rog Mahal” after its egomaniacal (and later revealed to be criminal) mastermind, Roger Cardinal Mahoney.
The previous cathedral which it replaced:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Stvibianacathedral1885.jpg/800px-Stvibianacathedral1885.jpg)
The Cathedral of Saint Vibiana, former cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Midnight Mass at St. Vibiana's, 1944:
https://youtu.be/QJ1jIIl8IaY?si=hpBCw1ltemCtc2nL&t=8
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Temple of El Señor de los Rayos (The Lord of Thunders) in Aguascalientes, México:
(https://i.imgur.com/8j46oj5.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/p8uVGvH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/7YbscwG.png)
Images taken from here: mxcity.mx/2020/04/templo-del-senor-de-los-rayos-aguscalientes/amp/ (https://mxcity.mx/2020/04/templo-del-senor-de-los-rayos-aguscalientes/amp/)
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Temple of El Señor de los Rayos (The Lord of Thunders) in Aguascalientes, México:
Images taken from here: mxcity.mx/2020/04/templo-del-senor-de-los-rayos-aguscalientes/amp/ (https://mxcity.mx/2020/04/templo-del-senor-de-los-rayos-aguscalientes/amp/)
Not just ugly, also howling in a weird pagan way.
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(https://i.imgur.com/T2w0xm0.png)