{"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\/ja\/learn\/indianapolis-church-files-federal-lawsuit-to-knock-down-parish-after-historic-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30a4\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2\u30ca\u30dd\u30ea\u30b9\u306e\u6559\u4f1a\u3001\u6b74\u53f2\u7684\u6307\u5b9a\u3092\u53d7\u3051\u305f\u5c0f\u6559\u533a\u306e\u53d6\u308a\u58ca\u3057\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u3066\u9023\u90a6\u8a34\u8a1f\u3092\u8d77\u3053\u3059"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><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 protected landmark. St. Philip Neri Catholic Church filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, alleging that the city had engaged\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","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 protected landmark. St. Philip Neri Catholic Church filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, alleging that the city had engaged\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":79445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"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-related-posts":[{"id":55477,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/oratory-priest-in-london-calls-catholic-politicians-to-confession-before-communion\/","url_meta":{"origin":73442,"position":0},"title":"Oratory priest in London calls Catholic politicians to confession before Communion","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"8\u6708 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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