We're reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Ugly Churches - where "ugly" can be interpreted loosely as
"I wish I hadn't seen this picture." Here is the draw for the knockout stages, and this post will be updated to record
how things go (we start the Twitter vote on Monday).
1. Newman Hall, Holy Spirit, Berkeley (USA) v Maria, Koenigin des Friedens, Velbert-Neviges (Germany)
Torture chamber meets demolition site.
2. Kappal Matha Church, Tirunelveli (India) v Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Spain)
Aeroplane meets gun battery.
3. St Francis de Sales, Norton Shores, Michigan (USA) v Rosa Aufblasbare Kirche, Vreden (GER)
Sauron's castle meets bouncy castle.
4. Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay (France) v Our Lady of the Rosary of the Philippines, Madrid (Spain)
Hippopotamus meets carpark.
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Newman Hall, Holy Spirit, Berkeley 54.2 -
Maria, Koenigin des Friedens, Velbert-Neviges 45.8
Kappal Matha Church, Tirunelveli 44.3 -
Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid 55.7
St Francis de Sales, Norton Shores, Michigan 63.8 -
Rosa Aufblasbare Kirche, Vreden 36.2
Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay 78.9 -
Our Lady of the Rosary of the Philippines, Madrid 21.1
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Newman Hall, Holy Spirit, Berkeley 35.4 -
St Francis de Sales, Norton Shores, Michigan 64.6
Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid 27.5 -
Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay 72.5
THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF
Newman Hall, Holy Spirit, Berkeley 70.7 -
Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid 29.3
FINAL
St Francis de Sales, Norton Shores, Michigan 50.8 -
Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay 49.2
Meanwhile, here are some other things to think about: Cardinal Marx (officially the world's 2nd worst cardinal), rejects
a beautiful altar in favour of a piece of junk.
Your Eminence, we did advise you not to sit on it.
And someone who will surely be a strong contender in the 2021 World Cup of Bad Cardinals, Uncle Wilt, or Wilton Gregory,
who seems to have been given a red hat because he hates Donald Trump even more than Pope Francis does.
Uncle Ted and his protegé.
Anyone seen that McCarrick report yet?
