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Italians back suspending Masses and funerals, divided on closing churches completely
- Mar 31, 2020
A robust 68 percent of Italians said they support the suspension of public Masses to fight the transmission of the coronavirus, with only 23 percent opposed and 9 percent offering no opinion.
Historic Baltimore church building restored, given new life as brewpub
- Feb 7, 2020
St. Michael the Archangel Church in Baltimore’s Upper Fells Point neighborhood is being granted a new life as a brewpub.
As village churches close, Dutch Catholics leave faith rather than worship elsewhere
- Jan 8, 2020
Churches appear to be less indispensable to small communities than they themselves are inclined to think. The Dutch Catholic weekly Katholiek Nieuwsblad reached that conclusion after long-term research into the effects of church closure on village communities.
Dutch officials after church sale: ‘It’s better to have Buddhists than apartments’
- Dec 11, 2019
Village churches are closing at an increasing rate in the Netherlands.
Former religious buildings repurposed as inns, coffee shops
- Sep 2, 2019
When the congregation moved out of a century-old Methodist church in St. Louis, the building could have turned into a vacant eyesore. Instead, Lisa and Dan Macheca bought it and turned it into a bed and breakfast.
Tacoma landmark church to be demolished
- Aug 26, 2019
A landmark Catholic church in Tacoma will be demolished, church officials said.
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.
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