With a “significant decline in Catholic affiliation and participation” as ...


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Photo by The Vindicator | published: March 25, 2019

With a “significant decline in Catholic affiliation and participation” as well as fewer priests, the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown will undergo some major changes, according to Bishop George V. Murry. In a Monday letter on “pastoral planning,” Bishop Murry wrote that “priests should celebrate no more than three regularly scheduled weekend Masses.”