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Parishioners: Closed Ohio Church Spared by Vatican

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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -

There is welcome news from the Vatican to parishioners in Wellsville Ohio.

The Immaculate Conception Church in Wellsville was ordered closed and now the Vatican has overruled a Ohio Bishop and ordered the church to reopen.

They say the parish had 150 families, sound finances and its Sunday Mass was crowded.

Once a rarity, the Vatican has overturned at least 28 church closings in seven U.S. dioceses in recent years.

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