Closing a Parish to Pay for a Priest’s Crimes
As New York dioceses declare bankruptcy amid a wave of scandals, churchgoers are appealing to the Vatican to stop parish closures When the papal conclave elected the first American pope on May 8 of this year, much of the excitement over Pope Leo XIV overlooked an inconvenient reality in his home country. In many places, the U.S. Catholic Church is enmeshed in legal and financial woes stemming from decades of clerical abuse and cover-ups. The dam
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Closing a Parish to Pay for a Priest’s Crimes
As New York dioceses declare bankruptcy amid a wave of scandals, churchgoers are appealing to the Vatican to stop parish closures When the papal conclave elected the first American pope on May 8 of this year, much of the excitement over Pope Leo XIV overlooked an inconvenient reality in his home country. In many places, the U.S. Catholic Church is enmeshed in legal and financial woes stemming from decades of clerical abuse and cover-ups. The dam
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