Prayers Answered: Closed Catholic churches begin the slow process of reopening

CLEVELAND (OH)
WOIO

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
Catholics from a dozen northeast Ohio churches got what they’d been praying for when Rome announced, back in Mach, that their churches must be reopened.

The long, difficult and unprecedented process of reopening those churches began Wednesday after a two year fight.

The Diocese and parishioners of closed churches have to work together to make this a reality.

“Because it hasn’t been done anywhere else, we will work through the process together,” said Phillis Fuller Clipps of St. Adalbert parish.

Bishop Richard Lennon called reps from St. Adalbert and St. James to the Diocese office for the first of several meetings — before the doors of their beloved churches can open again.

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