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Dorothy Day’s closed church could still aid NY community, researcher says
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- 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.
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Pope sends message to conference on closed churches
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- 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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Documentary looks at spiritual damage brought about by church closures
- Church in the US, Interviews
- Sep 6, 2018
A documentary film, ‘Foreclosing on Faith’ looks at the effects of church closings on religious communities, especially at ethnic parishes, around the U.S.
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Scottish archdiocese cancels church closure plan
- Church in UK and Ireland
- Feb 28, 2018
A controversial plan to close several Catholic churches in Scotland has been dropped by the Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, after opposition from parishioners.
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Detroit Catholic church closing after more than a century
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Dec 30, 2017
After more than 100 years, a Roman Catholic church in Detroit is closing, partly because Hispanics who worship there fear immigration agents.
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Parishioners fight to save communities after reorganization
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Dec 27, 2017
Months after the Archdiocese of Hartford put in place a sweeping reorganization plan throughout its territory, some parishioners are still fighting to preserve the communities they know and love.
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