Hands off.ST. LOUIS -- By a 299-5 vote, a Polish parish in the Archdiocese of St. Louis voted to retain control of its nearly $10 million in assets, despite threats of interdict interdict (ĭn`tərdĭkt), ecclesiastical censure notably used in the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the Middle Ages. When a parish, state, or nation is placed under the interdict no public church ceremony may take place, only certain from Archbishop Raymond Burke Raymond Burke can refer to:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper . St. Stanislaus is one of the few remaining American Catholic parishes whose assets are controlled by a lay board, a model popular with the European immigrants of the 19th century that has generally been superseded by, episcopal control of parish finances. The archdiocese claims that the current arrangement violates church law, and the archbishop has removed the parish's priests and forbidden Baptisms, burials, and the celebration of the sacraments until the parish turns over control of its assets. |
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