tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027754543510993236.post9131358429909389768..comments2023-08-02T06:48:02.819-04:00Comments on The Frequent Critic: Who Is Destroying Cleveland’s Catholic Churches?The Frequent Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282811874258760018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027754543510993236.post-3993841587194893112014-04-11T07:33:44.542-04:002014-04-11T07:33:44.542-04:00Gary, I know two of the churches were not in "...Gary, I know two of the churches were not in "gutted" areas. Some were not even in the city proper but in the suburbs, which had thriving church populations. The churches that were allowed to re-open because it was determined by The Vatican that Lennon had erred in his decisions are still doing well - including the church in which I was married. It was a great victory for those who The Frequent Critichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282811874258760018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027754543510993236.post-91858116948631628662014-04-11T07:20:26.518-04:002014-04-11T07:20:26.518-04:00Cleveland is essentially a "gutted city"...Cleveland is essentially a "gutted city" right now, and the old time business owners in machine tools/machine jobs did it because of their lust for outrageous profits and for now plowing money back into R&D and investing in new machinery. Thus, they themselves helped open the doors wide for off shore manufacturing (our Federal government didn't help things either). Thus you haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3027754543510993236.post-72295875460490066422011-05-31T18:54:39.197-04:002011-05-31T18:54:39.197-04:00Love the church but its decision to stay "und...Love the church but its decision to stay "undeveloped" makes me wince. We stayed too territorial too long and church leaders should have "led" us to embrace differences among us. <br /><br />We could have enough ministers to staff churches if spiritual needs were more important than who gets to have the power. <br /><br />The Catholic Church is just circling in a cove while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com