Vatican rejects appeal on Boston parish closings

Vatican rejects appeal on Boston parish closings

Boston, Jun. 11, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Disaffected Catholics in the Boston archdiocese have been informed that the Vatican has rejected their latest plea to forestall the closing of their parishes.

Representatives of eight different parishes slated for closing in a massive archdiocesan "restructuring" campaign filed a canonical appeal with the Vatican to halt the process. That appeal was rejected by the Congregation for Clergy. On further appeal the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican's highest court of appeal, found that the parishioners' canonical argument was "clearly lacking any basis."

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