Gloria.TV News on the 30th of April 2014
New York Closes Parishes: One day after the canonization of two popes closely related to the Second Vatican Council the Archdiocese of New York has announced that it will close more parishes. 21 parishes were already shut down in 2007. Archdiocesan officials acknowledge that the new closures could be far more significant. Among the locations at risk is Holy Innocents in Manhattan, the only parish were the Old Rite is celebrated daily.
Honour: In February Spains's interior minister, Jorge Fernández Díaz, conferred the gold medal of police merit – which is normally reserved for police who died in terrorist attacks – to Our Lady of Love in Málaga. Fernández lauded Our Lady and her congregation for "maintaining a close collaboration with police, particularly during the acts celebrated in Holy Week, and for sharing police values such as dedication, caring, solidarity and sacrifice". Infuriated secularists have now taken the minister to court. In 2012…More