The Real Reason Modern Catholic Churches Are Ugly | The Deep

They ripped out the altars. Whitewashed the saints. Built “churches” that look like airports. How did we get here? And why did Catholics go along with it? In this episode of The Deep, Erika exposes the shocking, anti-Catholic roots of the Church’s “wreckovation” era – and the modernist ideas that gutted sacred beauty. But it’s not over. Across America, parishes are rising from the ashes and restoring what was lost.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro: How did we get here?

2:13 The history behind ugly churches

6:29 “Kitschy” Jesus

8:21 The modernist spirit

11:44 The role of Vatican II

13:37 Ugly church architecture on display

16:28 The way of beauty

17:36 Hopeful stories of renovation

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