{"id":73442,"date":"2026-03-03T06:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=73442"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:46:01","slug":"indianapolis-church-files-federal-lawsuit-to-knock-down-parish-after-historic-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/indianapolis-church-files-federal-lawsuit-to-knock-down-parish-after-historic-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiesa di Indianapolis intenta una causa federale per abbattere la parrocchia dopo la designazione storica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/res.cloudinary.com\/ewtn\/image\/upload\/v1767194587\/GettyImages-1242046044_ctax62.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">Il centro di Indianapolis visto il 10 marzo 2021. | Crediti: John McDonnell\/The Washington Post\/Getty Images<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>31 dic 2025 \/ 14:00 (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>I responsabili di una parrocchia vuota nel centro di Indianapolis chiedono il permesso di demolire l'edificio, sostenendo che la parrocchia sia \u201cinutilizzata e inutilizzabile\u201d anche dopo che l'amministrazione locale l'ha dichiarata monumento protetto. <\/p>\n<p>La chiesa cattolica di St. Philip Neri ha intentato una causa presso la Corte Distrettuale degli Stati Uniti per il Distretto Meridionale dell'Indiana, sostenendo che la citt\u00e0 abbia attuato un \u201cvincolo monumentale illegittimo\u201d sulla parrocchia di Holy Cross.<\/p>\n<p>La parrocchia di Holy Cross \u00e8 stata formalmente accorpata a St. Philip Neri nel 2014; \u00e8 rimasta inutilizzata per anni a causa del deterioramento strutturale.<\/p>\n<p>L'arcivescovo di Indianapolis Charles Thompson aveva decretato la relegazione dell'edificio nel 2019. La relegazione \u00e8 il processo attraverso il quale la Chiesa \u201cdesacralizza\u201d un edificio ecclesiastico, consentendone la destinazione a usi profani, purch\u00e9 non \u201csordidi\u201d. Thompson ha emesso il decreto di relegazione per St. Philip Neri in quell'anno a causa della significativa instabilit\u00e0 strutturale dell'edificio.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/pdfs\/us-dis-insd-1-25cv2616-d25291292e311-complaint-against-all-defendants-filed-by-all-plai.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nella causa,<\/a> St. Philip Neri afferma che la Commissione per la conservazione storica di Indianapolis ha compiuto un'\u201cinterferenza incostituzionale\u201d quando ha emesso una designazione storica d'emergenza per Holy Cross nel 2024, impedendo alla parrocchia di demolire l'edificio. <\/p>\n<p>Un'associazione di quartiere locale aveva sottoposto la questione alla commissione, cercando di preservare l'edificio prima della sua prevista demolizione. <\/p>\n<p>Il gruppo di conservazione, insieme alla Metropolitan Development Commission della citt\u00e0 \u2014 che ha accettato la raccomandazione del comitato di conservazione di preservare la chiesa \u2014 ha violato il Primo Emendamento della Costituzione degli Stati Uniti \u201cintromettendosi nel processo decisionale religioso\u201d della parrocchia e \u201csostituendo i giudizi religiosi degli attori governativi a quelli dei funzionari religiosi\u201d, sostiene la causa.<\/p>\n<p>La causa chiede alla corte federale di dichiarare la designazione storica \u201cincostituzionale e illegale\u201d. Chiede inoltre alla corte di consentire alla parrocchia di abbattere l'edificio inutilizzato.<\/p>\n<p>L'amministrazione comunale non ha risposto immediatamente a una richiesta di commento in merito alla causa. Anche l'Arcidiocesi di Indianapolis non ha risposto immediatamente a una richiesta di commento.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268771\/indianapolis-church-files-federal-lawsuit-to-knock-down-parish-over-city-s-objections\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268771\/indianapolis-church-files-federal-lawsuit-to-knock-down-parish-over-city-s-objections<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Indianapolis is seen on March 10, 2021. | Credit: John McDonnell\/The Washington Post\/Getty Images Dec 31, 2025 \/ 14:00 pm (CNA). Leaders overseeing an empty parish in downtown Indianapolis are demanding to be allowed to destroy the building, arguing that the parish is \u201cunused and unusable\u201d even after the local government declared it a [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":79445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-73442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Indianapolis-church-files-federal-lawsuit-to-knock-down-parish-after-historic-designation.jpg?fit=5457%2C2111&quality=80&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6779,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/from-cancer-to-healing-a-pilgrims-journey-to-the-national-eucharistic-congress\/","url_meta":{"origin":73442,"position":0},"title":"From cancer to healing: A pilgrim\u2019s journey to the National Eucharistic Congress","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Luglio 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source Christina Wheatley, a cancer survivor, in front of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Indianapolis, where a welcome Mass was held July 16, 2024, to kick off the National Eucharistic Congress. \/ Credit: Zelda Caldwell\/CNA Indianapolis, Ind., Jul 16, 2024 \/ 17:50 pm (CNA). \"We are being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1721168886_necpilgrim071624.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1721168886_necpilgrim071624.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1721168886_necpilgrim071624.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1721168886_necpilgrim071624.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1721168886_necpilgrim071624.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&quality=80&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55477,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/oratory-priest-in-london-calls-catholic-politicians-to-confession-before-communion\/","url_meta":{"origin":73442,"position":1},"title":"Oratory priest in London calls Catholic politicians to confession before Communion","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Agosto 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Brompton Oratory in London, with which the London Oratory School is associated. \/ Credit: James Grey via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Dublin, Ireland, Jul 8, 2025 \/ 15:38 pm (CNA). 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