CLEVELAND (OH)
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The Cleveland Catholic Diocese will be kicking off their Annual Catholic Charities campaign, hoping to raise $10.5 million dollars to help hundreds of thousands of people across eight counties.
During the announcement, nobody would address the elephant in the room, the Vatican overruling Bishop Lennon’s decision to close 13 area churches.
The diocese shuttered churches because of finances.
19 Action News has been told the closing of parishes has not affected Catholic charities fundraising in the past few years, thanks to area Catholics’ “desire to help their neighbors.”
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