Not ‘Just a Building’
Brody Hale’s Fight to Save Catholic Churches
By Meghan Ferrara
t’s happening across the West. In recent years, a slow trickle has been
turning into a steady stream -- and in many countries, a Niagara -- of beautiful, historic churches being shuttered.
The grief and frustration from these losses affect entire communities. Worse, most Catholics believe that such losses are inevitable.
But what many do not realize is that these lovely buildings can be saved -- if parishioners take advantage of little-known canon laws designed to address precisely these emergencies.
Fighting against this tide of despair, Brody Hale is a young American lawyer attempting to educate Catholics and to give them the tools to save their churches.
Regina Magazine’s Meghan Ferrara recently spoke to him about this work.
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