Along the Rust Belt and in cities dotting the Northeast and Upper Midwest, Catholic communities are mourning the loss of parishes. It's a five-year trend of sweeping church closures that most recently ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Citing a shortage of priests, the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids has laid out a plan to reorganize a number of parishes, including tagging as many as four churches for ...

DAVENPORT — For 20 years, St. Alphonsus Early Childhood Education Center offered daycare and preschool, especially for children in the city’s west end. On Sept. 1, the center closed permanently, ...