An out-of-touch academic if there ever was one, this DeSanctis.  Circularized churches are distracting to us pewsitters and de-emphasize the union of our prayer to that of the priest offering the sacrifice of the Mass.  We didn't ask for them and they are jarring.    And fan-shaped naves with stadium seating are too similar to theaters, contributing to a habit of being there to be entertained and not to participate actually in the Mass.

And Catholics know that the sanctuary rail is there for reasons of liturgical theology, not clericalism.  It has to do with what happens at Mass; inflating the status of the priest is a reason simply made up by wreckers of the past generation.  Nobody who advocates rails does so for reasons DeSanctis makes up for them.

Feuerhard would've done well to interview a few practicing architects (maybe even Stroik!) and some of the laity who seek out and prefer the arrangement that grew up with the Church over the centuries.