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	Vatican Again Backs Parishioners, Orders Re-opening of Pennsylvania Churches Catholic Culture March 10, 2011 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9553 For the second time in less than a month, the Congregation for the Clergy has overturned a US diocese’s decision to close parish churches. The Congregation found that the Diocese of Allentown failed to provide a “grave reason” to justify the closing of nine parish church buildings. While the buildings must reopen for worship, they will not necessarily reopen as parish churches: the Vatican upheld the diocese’s decision to merge parishes.
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