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Thursday, May 03, 2007

UglyWatch: Chapel at Fazenda Esperanca (to be visited by Pope Benedict?)

It's a Space Church/fortress of solitude on the inside:

(I hope they close-off the bottoms to keep critters out. Also, It was thoughtful of them to add a chimney at the top for when Pope Benedict uses all that incense.)

I can't decide if the outside is more "tepee-redux" or "the emporer's shuttle has landed":

... and please, Please, PLEASE tell me they aren't practicing for the procession of the gifts:

Reuters' photo description:

Workers carry on with the construction of a new chapel at the Fazenda Esperanca drug rehabilitation center before Pope Benedict's visit, in Guaratingueta, 170 km (105 miles) from Sao Paulo, May 3, 2007. Pope Benedict will visit Fazenda Esperanca during his trip to Brazil next week.

[3rd photo:] Recovering drug addicts rehearse a dance routine that they will present to Pope Benedict ...
Reading between the lines I don't think Pope Benedict will be using the chapel, and I hope I'm right. I don't think he'd like sitting in the presider's chair and feeling like Captain Kirk.

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