Quoting the Associated Press, "The Vatican has taken the extraordinary step of overruling the closing of 13 parishes by the Cleveland Diocese". The decrees were dated 1 March 2012, and signed by Mauro Cardinal Piacenza, Prefect, and Celso Morga Iruzubieta, Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, stating the closings were done in violation of Canon Law.
Decree from the Congregation for the Clergy concerning St. Patrick of Cleveland's West Park, and the bishop of Cleveland, click here.
Decree from the Congregation for the Clergy concerning St. James of Lakewood, and the bishop of Cleveland, click here.
"The Bishop of Cleveland is instructed to enact the implications of this Decree."
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