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Church threatened with demolition sold to developer
- Jan 20, 2020
A shuttered 19th century Philadelphia church threatened with demolition may be getting a new lease on life following a sale to a New Jersey developer who said he hopes to save the stone building by turning it into offices.
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.
Pittsburgh diocese to merge 26 parishes into eight next year
- Dec 15, 2019
The Roman Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh has announced plans to merge more than two dozen parishes into eight new parishes next year.
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.
Committee recommends 3 Catholic parishes consolidate into 1
- Nov 30, 2019
Church leaders in a Massachusetts town are recommending that three Catholic parishes be consolidated into one but remain open individually.
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.
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