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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

First off, we’ll have to define “church” — which is like picking a fight in a place that’s been nastily stereotyped as a welcome mat for way-out-there sects, like the 1920s mother-daughter cult ...

With the addition of Avid workstations and extra digital Betacam machines, Lakewood Church can simulteanously create multiple versions of its program. Lakewood Church began with its first meeting in a ...

In a rapidly urbanizing China, some houses of worship are taking inspiration from the Bible while rethinking local architectural tradition. A scroll-shaped steeple. An imposing ark-shaped atrium. A ...

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 ...