Quebec Catholic churches sold, put to new secular uses
July 29, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: In Quebec, where the rate of Catholic Mass attendance was once among the highest in the world, a steep decline in Catholic activity has led to the sale of many old parish churches.
An AP story sketches the different uses to which former Catholic churches are now put: including a restaurant, apartments, museums, and a concert hall that “has hosted meditation, Zumba lessons, even a fetish party that organizers touted as ‘Montreal’s most kinky, freaky and sexy Halloween event.’”
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