Ugly as Sin (Erika Ahern) 4/21/26
We welcome back seasoned journalist Erika Ahern to examine why many modern churches became plain or ugly, tracing causes from the Reformation and Enlightenment to 20th-century trauma and post‑conciliar changes. Has a loss of reverence and faith in the Eucharist shaped our worship spaces? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
The Real Reason Modern Catholic Churches Are Ugly | The Deep
Ugly As Sin: Why They Changed Our Churches from Sacred Places to Meeting Spaces-And How We Can Change Them Back Again
Duncan G. Stroik
Catholic Art Institute
Cornelius Edmund Sullivan
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