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Demolition begins at historic church in St. Paul
- Aug 14, 2019
An excavator began demolishing the former St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in the Como Park neighborhood about noon Tuesday.
Large number of Dutch churches to close in near future
- Aug 5, 2019
The Netherlands is known for being one of the most secular countries in Europe. The cities went first, but now the often traditionally catholic rural areas of the country are also secularizing fast.
National Trust: One-third of Canada’s churches to close within 10 years
- Mar 29, 2019
A third of Canada’s Christian architecture, some 9,000 churches, will close in the next 10 years, according to the National Trust for Canada.
All parishioners want for Christmas is reopening of church
- Dec 24, 2018
Nearly every Sunday since the closure, many of the more than 800 families that comprise the congregation have continued to meet in front of their old church building to pray the rosary and share a meal before going to mass at their new parish about a half mile away.
Dorothy Day’s closed church could still aid NY community, researcher says
- Dec 3, 2018
Selling Dorothy Day’s former New York parish to make way for luxury apartments would be a devastating blow to residents and former parishioners in a neighborhood threatened by gentrification, an American researcher said.
Pope sends message to conference on closed churches
- Nov 29, 2018
Pope Francis sent a message to a Vatican conference centered on answering the question of how to preserve the beauty and the sacredness of now-empty and unused Catholic churches.
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