On Sunday, Reinhard Cardinal Marx consecrated a new, “cracked” altar in the parish church of Saint Lorenz (Munich district of Oberföhring):
When will this madness end?
As far as I can tell, the Sanctuary used to look like this:
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)