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Wreckovation is a portmanteau disparagement term used since at least 2002[1] to describe the style of renovations which some Catholic cathedrals, churches, and oratories have undergone since the Second Vatican Council.[2]
^Polish American Studies, Volumes 59-60. Polish-American Historical Association. 2002. p. 110. restoring some of the artistic glory whitewashed or damaged during the 'wreckovation' carried out by misguided 'reformers' in the 1960s and 1970s
^Lo Bello, Anthony (2020). Origins of Catholic Words: A Discursive Dictionary. The Catholic University of America Press. p. 522. ISBN 9780813232300. The concoction 'wreckovation' refers to the changes made in Catholic churches, such as the taking down of high altars and the removal of communion rails, to render them appropriate, as it was thought, for the celebration of the new rite of Mass
Wreckovation is a portmanteau disparagement term used since at least 2002 to describe the style of renovations which some Catholic cathedrals, churches...
architectural standards of churches worldwide, which some Catholics dub a "wreckovation". Sweeney, a council father at the Second Vatican Council, ordered for...
for churches to be renovated in a way critics often described as a "wreckovation." On 28 February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI resigned from his ministry as...
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