O'Malley to reopen 2 occupied churches

Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, confronted by unexpectedly strong resistance to his effort to close scores of Catholic parishes, agreed yesterday to fully reopen a closed parish in Weymouth and to partially reopen a closed parish in Sudbury.

The two parishes are among seven that have been occupied for months in round-the-clock vigils maintained by Catholics seeking to persuade O'Malley to reverse the most controversial of the 83 parish closing decisions he announced last summer. But O'Malley said yesterday that even after reconsideration, he is convinced that the five other occupied churches, in Brookline, East Boston, Everett, Scituate, and Wellesley, should remain closed.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/01/omalley_to_reopen_2_occupied_churches/

regardLess of my views of the church, this is wonderfuL news. i'm very proud of the activists. :D

they have succesfully "protested" against the church which makes them - Protestants?

What is interesting about the Weymouth church is that it is, and was when it was closed, operating in the black and that it's pastor was one of the priests who wrote and signed the letter to the Vatican calling for Cardinal Law's resignation.

That letter was it's real crime along with the fact that it was a meeting place for Voice of the Faithful.

Those people deserve a lot of credit for holding that vigil;they fought for their church and they won

you can't fight city haLL, and you reaLLy can't fight the vatican.

i thought it may be some vindicative payback, since they seemed to have a good sized congregation.