[Magdalen] Latin Invasion?

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

When my brother, Paul, lived in Raleigh, NC USA during the 1970's
I recall the paucity of Roman Catholics in the Raleigh Diocese,  listed
as around 2% of the population.
 
I was therefore surprised to discover that the Diocese is in the  midst
of building a surprisingly large new cathedral listed as being 350'
in length and with a 160' dome.  The cathedral is to seat 2,000.
 
When the plans are accessed, they reveal a surprisingly conservative
Latin Cross plan and a brick and stone building that is straight out  of
18th century Italy.  The plan seems to give faint lip service to  Vatican-2.
 
In any case, there must be a lot more RC's in North Carolina than  there
were in 1975.
 
I seem to recall that the designing architectural firm does  specialize
in retro designs (?).
 
 
http://www.mccreryarchitects.com/portfolio/liturgical/cathedral-holy-name-je
sus/
 
 
 
 
David Strang.