Yeah, you got that right. And these mendacious comments are usually packaged by PR firms with inane slogans like: "Ignite the Gospel" or "Keeping the Flame Alive" Guess it's appropriate since it's basically a fire sale of real estates assets.

I wonder if these bishops will ever stop telling the lie that these consolidations are meant to “reinvigorate evangelization” or something similar. Parishes are going bankrupt because they need to be well supported by their current parishioners, who are too few and too overburdened to be able to do so.