Sacred Architecture Journal

06/09/2025

Removal

The Vatican’s decision to remove alleged abuser Marco Rupnik’s images comes nearly a year after Vatican officials defended them.

06/05/2025

usually beauty is something that is outside of us,” campus minister Keven Pesek said. “It arrests us, captivates us. The desire was for someone to come into the church and to be struck dumb, to be made to be still.

Catholic liberal arts colleges have turned toward traditional architecture when expanding to accommodate the numbers. Here are two examples.

06/04/2025

What is your favorite new College chapel?

Catholic liberal arts colleges have turned toward traditional architecture when expanding to accommodate the numbers. Here are two examples.

05/28/2025

“The greatest tragedy for Kyiv during the Soviet era was the destruction of churches in the 1930s. About 70 religious buildings were demolished. Most famous are St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, the Church of the Virgin Pyrohoscha, and the Military St. Nicholas Cathedral,” explained Pinchuk.

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05/27/2025

Duncan Stroik hasn’t just designed iconic traditional churches — he’s helped build a movement.

05/11/2025

Visited by Pope Leo today The santuario Madre del Buon Consiglio to pray before the sacred image. Gennazano.

05/09/2025

During two days of voting, the Sistine Chapel was sealed while 133 cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV to become the Holy Father. Read more about the architecture of the Sistine Chapel in this exclusive article from the upcoming Issue 47 of the Sacred Architecture Journal.

Read Michelangelo and the Architecture of the Sistine Chapel by Duncan G. Stroik

04/25/2025

In his Last Testament, Pope Francis stated, "I wish that my final earthly journey conclude precisely in this ancient Marian shrine, where I go to pray at the beginning and end of every Apostolic Journey to faithfully entrust my intentions to the Immaculate Mother and to give thanks for her gentle and maternal care."

His tomb will be located in a side aisle niche near the Ca****la Paolina and the Salus Populi Romani icon in S. Maria Maggiore (the far left niche visible in this photo).
Photo: Francesco Petrucci, About Art Online

04/02/2025

"Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the basilica more welcoming for all, particularly victims of abuse."

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, a move aimed at making the basilica more welcoming for all, particularly victims of abuse.

03/26/2025

This seems good. Should the Vatican stop promoting the religious artwork of an accused sexual abuser?

The Jesuits' move to assist alleged victims will no doubt be welcomed as a positive first step, but many questions remain about the Vatican's investigation of his alleged serial, sexual abuse.

02/27/2025

[Bishop Tois] concluded: “Many are likely to let themselves be touched by a visit to Notre Dame, even if they first entered it simply as tourists. I am a witness to that.”

With 29,000 visitors a day, up from 23,500 a day before the fire in 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral's guest rate is comparable to that of the Louvre Museum.

01/30/2025

Notre Dame and the Iconoclastic Impulse

The new Notre-Dame de Paris would shock the saints and holy doctors who prayed within its hallowed columns and vaulted ceiling. But today its walls moan as they are compelled to embrace the hellscape of liturgical innovation.