Retired Cardinal: We Should Demolish Churches "Very Carefully"

A retired English cardinal has said that he would ask Rome to demolish most churches, in order that new 'faith spaces' might be erected instead.

Speaking on a Radio 4 documentary which is due to be broadcast tonight Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said: “If I were a bishop of a diocese that had a very small number of priests … I would ask permission I think of Rome to demolish most churches. But I think it’s got to be done very carefully because I think churches are a great gift to the church. But circumstances may I think … may impel bishops and bishops conferences to demolish lots of churches.”

The interview took place before the resignation of faith-demolition expert, Kieran Conry. The cardinal, who retired in 2009, said that churches had been “a great advantage to the Catholic Church over the last at least 10 centuries”. He said:”Secondly, I’d say it’s not a dogma. Therefore the current discipline on wanton and unnecessary Church demolition can be changed.”

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