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In the Spring of 2008 the splendid church of St Peter and St Paul, New Brighton, was under threat because of rising costs of repair and maintenance. Despite strong protests it was closed in August of that year. The parishioners formed a campaign committee which appealed to the Congregation of the Clergy in Rome. In the summer of 2009 the Vatican ruled that the closure order was unjustified, but then other reasons were soon found for not reopening the church. However, the parishioners' persistence and their fundraising efforts have now resulted, earlier this month, in part of the church being reopened for its first weekday Mass for almost three years. We salute and congratulate St Peter and St Paul Parish, and wish them all success in the future.
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