About a quarter of Quebec’s Catholic churches have been closed, abandoned or converted for other use since 2000 – a trend for the fate of all churches. Architectural historian Luc Noppen says all Quebec’s Catholic parishes “are at the end of their tether”. “Three or four times a day, we learn of the closure of Read more
A Pittsburgh Catholic church has had what may be a more unusual history than most. St. Elizabeth’s church originally served a Slovak congregation for much of the 20th century. During a church property downsizing programme in 2001, the building was sold and the congregation merged into other parishes. For 15 years the church was a Read more