PBN on WJAR-TV, Dec. 10, 2018

TEMPORAL RETREAT: Declining attendance is creating real estate opportunities as the Catholic church moves to sell a number of its properties in the Diocese of Providence to private developers. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
TEMPORAL RETREAT: Declining attendance is creating real estate opportunities as the Catholic church moves to sell a number of its properties in the Diocese of Providence to private developers. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Catholic dioceses are contracting, creating unique opportunities for the right buyers.

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other issues with Sunrise and Noon News Anchor Frank Coletta.

This week Murphy and Coletta talk about PBN staff writer Mary MacDonald’s look at one of the effects of declining church attendance on the Diocese of Providence, namely its willingness to sell of churches and other real estate to private developers, in a piece titled, “Church sales to ‘accelerate.’ ”

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