Posted on 03/03/2026 1:03:26 PM PST by ebb tide
Seventy church buildings in the Diocese of Roermond are currently in the process of being closed, Bishop Cornelis Van den Hout, 61, of Roermond, Netherlands, told Nd.nl on March 3.
In 2026, he employed a full-time economist to oversee the closure of church buildings. "It's an urgent issue. The financial figures leave us with no other option," Bishop Van den Hout said.
He believes that the downward spiral will not stop after the closing of the seventy churches. "At the moment, the diocese has 280 church buildings. Around the turn of the century, we had 360. Occasionally, a church would be closed in the previous century, but until 1981, new ones were still being built."
Monsignor Van den Hout added that presiding over the Eucharist in a church "requires a certain number of people — not ten people in a church that can hold several hundred".
"Given the current financial situation and declining church attendance, it is inevitable that we will designate one centrally located church building for services in many places. Church buildings in surrounding villages will then be sold off."
Just Another Pro-Homosexual Bishop
Monsignor Van den Hout was appointed to Groningen in April 2017 and to Roermond in June 2024. In August 2024, he admitted to MariaBode.nl that he himself had "blessed" homosexual concubines "on several occasions in the past.” Van den Hout agreed with Francis’ homosexual pamphlet Fiducia supplicans that “such pastoral blessings should be permitted”.
In 2018, after ‘Amoris Laetitia’, he was asked about Communion for adulterers. Bishop Van den Hout of Groningen said that he has never refused communion and doesn’t plan to do so.
In June 2024, MariaBode.nl called Monsignor Van den Hout “a liberal bishop" who is “not fond of the old Latin Mass”. The Bishop forbade a diocesan priest from celebrating the Roman Mass monthly in Veenendaal.
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And what, dear bishop, is causing the downward spiral?
They’ll be converted to mosques where they will throw his gay ass off the roof.
Ping
You beat me to it.
In 2018, after ‘Amoris Laetitia’, he was asked about Communion for adulterers. Bishop Van den Hout of Groningen said that he has never refused communion and doesn’t plan to do so.
In June 2024, MariaBode.nl called Monsignor Van den Hout “a liberal bishop" who is “not fond of the old Latin Mass”. The Bishop forbade a diocesan priest from celebrating the Roman Mass monthly in Veenendaal.
That this man was made a Bishop is a grave wound to the Church.
As long as he is a Bishop I can only imagine that Mass attendance in his diocese will continue to decline.
Why attend Mass where the true Word is not spoken? Why attend Mass where grave sin is openly permitted to continue amongst those attending.
An priest openly committing heresy should never be made Bishop.
Francis was bad and Leo is shaping up to be his equal, in my opinion.
I had great hope for Leo on the day of his elevation.
I am guessing that Muslims will be snapping up these churches when they go on the market and this bishop will have no qualms about selling.
I pray that the bishop sees that the bells are removed before they are sold. But I doubt that he will. It is an expensive and complicated process to take a bell out of a steeple.
Be glad some bishops fail their mission to evangelize.
But regardless, we know what Jesus, the Church says, and to get to hraven we know exactly what we need to do. Let the poor bishops sink/save themselves as is their responsibility, we have ourselves to honor Jesus and that ought take more of our time.
“Monsignor Van den Hout added that presiding over the Eucharist in a church “requires a certain number of people — not ten people in a church that can hold several hundred”.” Don’t have room for ten people Padre?
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