'All Things New': St. Louis Catholic parishes find direction
The St. Louis Catholic Archdiocese downsizing generated strife and objections, but it has also inspired new partnerships and communities.
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The St. Louis Catholic Archdiocese downsizing generated strife and objections, but it has also inspired new partnerships and communities.
The ruling marks the first successful appeal of the St. Louis archdiocese restructuring, which closed 35 parishes and merged 15 others.
The Catholic Church is consolidating parishes in major U.S. cities amid priest shortages and financial pressure from sex-abuse settlements.
Mergers will be suspended for several parishes until the Dicastery for the Clergy makes a decision, which the Archdiocese said will likely take months.
The "All Things New" restructuring plan went into effect on August 1. It will reshape 178 Catholic parishes into 134.