Just a decade ago, few observers of the Catholic architectural scene would have predicted a comeback of traditional-looking churches like those currently being constructed in parish communities across ...

When footage of an inferno engulfing Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris flashed across our news feeds on April 15, 2019, the world collectively gasped. What would Paris be without this iconic cathedral to ...

While the Second Vatican Council has produced great fruit for the Catholic Church, it must be admitted that there have also been some disastrous consequences. One of the most negative results has been ...

I met one of our local architects, a good Catholic, at the soccer game where our sons were playing. We got to talking about the problems of architecture for modern churches. In the old days, the ...

Modernizing the Catholic Church usually doesn't refer to architecture. But it should. In the wake of abuse scandals and resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, it seems the perfect moment to explore a new ...

Some American architects are looking to the past in order to remedy the defects of the modernistic designs of recent decades. Mass being celebrated at the central altar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel ...

This bold new design transforms a historic Dutch church into a swimming pool, where you can “walk on water” and lifeguards sit in the former pulpit. “Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a ...

(RNS) "Even though it is a Greek Orthodox church, it will be open to all people of all faiths, a place of solace for them," said the Rev. Mark Arey, spokesman for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of ...