PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Daily News
By Jason Nark
Daily News Staff Writer
ON WEDNESDAY, when he addressed a conference of Catholic journalists in Indianapolis, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said, “The habits of Catholic culture run very deep in the Philadelphia region.”
On Thursday, Chaput announced deep and drastic cuts for the church back here in Philadelphia, including 45 layoffs, the consolidation of several offices and ministries, and the elimination of its print newspaper, the Catholic Standard & Times, a very old reading habit for local Catholics.
“It’s the end of an era,” said Susan Matthews, a former Standard and Times editor who runs the Catholics4Change.com website. “With over a million Catholics in the city, it was not only a source for news but for historical records.”
In a news release issued Thursday, the Archdiocese said it would be closing the paper and suspending the production of its monthly magazine, Phaith.
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