I was reading St. Charles Borromeo's
Instructions on Church Building when I stumbled upon this quote:
The cruciform plan, going back almost to apostolic times, and as seen in the major basilicas of Rome (1), built in this way, is to be preferred. The round edifice was once used for pagan temples and much less among Christian peoples.
What would St. Charles Borromeo had thought of the new "basilica" of Guadalupe in Mexico City ("consecrated" in 1976)? Here it is (the round thing that looks like a tepee):
The Old Basilica (opened in 1709) is the smaller building facing front. The hill seen behind is the Tepeyac where the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin took place. Here's another picture:
I would call this picture "Apostasy and faith", St. Carlos Borromeo might have called it "Paganism and Christianity". Here's another picture of the new "basilica":
This is the pagan building where,
as Bp. Moisés Carmona said, "they keep Our Lady kidnapped" in reference to the fact that this is where they keep the tilma given to Juan Diego by the Blessed Virgin. Here's the interior (also hideous) with the tilma seen beside the cross above the "altar":
Topic: St. Charles Borromeo and the new "basilica" of Guadalupe (Read 744 times)