I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, the national capital of “closed Churches.” Much of our church closings is simply attributable to “natural causes.”
At one time, my home town had 15 Catholic Churches, all with free parish schools. There is now one Catholic Church, and no parish schools. Talk about painful.
The elderly caucasians have died or are in their 90s. They were the parents who sent my generation to parish schools. When the steel mills shut down their kids had to seek new
employment horizons. Like me and and my wife. Those who stayed went on public assistance. My hometown is nothing but Section 8 housing. And they don’t go to Mass.
That sucks. Crying ass shame that industries in America took such a beating that entire neighborhoods, towns and cities were transformed like that.