[Clemenza]

1. If you still live in the same crappy neighborhood after 100 years, uh, no comment.

2. Most of these Churches were built for immigrant communities that no longer exist, and now sit on some very valuable real estate in Manhattan. The Archdiocese is doing the right thing.

[blu]

Ah, yes, the real estate value. Now, seriously, do you think the parishes will see any $$ from those sales? Hardly. But, maybe the archdiocese can use the money to settle some lawsuits (sorry, I'm not up on that area's abuse cases).

The church is the people. It's not the bishop or the archbishop. If these parishes can find a way to subsist then they should be allowed to remain open.