August 29, 2011- Bishop Kmiec is intent on closing our beautiful St. Adalbert Basilica after we celebrate our 125th year of existence on Sept. 18.
It is truly a sad thing that he has chosen to disrespect the Vatican and continue to disregard its upholding of our petitions to remain open as a worship site in the city, yet he considers our attempts to ask him to search his conscience as disrespectful.
To those working to remove the signs we have been posting, and I am certain we do not have to look very far for those who removed the six-foot banner across the front of the basilica, may your conscience suffer greatly. In this day when the younger generation is staying away from the Catholic Church because of the teachings they consider to be too strict to follow, it is a shame that when you have a committed parish of actively participating Catholics that their supposed leader is choosing to ignore their best interest, and instead choosing to honor “deals made in the dark.”
The bottom line is the diocese is bleeding catholics. But it shouldn’t mean pushing more away during these church closings.