NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger
By Mark Di Ionno | The Star-Ledger
The small band of protesters was dwarfed by the soaring twin bell towers of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
They didn’t take up much space on the grand and expansive entrance way, graced by Pope John Paul II in 1995.
And they didn’t have much of an audience, either. Sunday Masses at one of North America’s most ornate and imposing cathedrals don’t draw like they used to.
The irony wasn’t lost on the people from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church (OLMC) in Montclair, who came to the Archdiocese of Newark’s cathedral last Sunday to protest the closing of their little neighborhood church.
“We get more people at Mass than they do,” said Marguerite De Carlo. “Why don’t they shut this down?”
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