Cardinal O'Malley blogs

celebrating Mass at Padre Pio Shrine. I think we can all take a fairly educated guess as to what St Pio would have said to church closures in Boston.

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I think that we can take a fairly educated guess as to what he would have made of Renzo Piano's church: A floor that slopes down to the altar, a bare cross over it and not a single kneeler in sight. This has to be one of the least sacred feeling new church buildings I have ever visited.