Cash-strapped church closes until Easter
Hit by lower offerings, Treviso priest can't afford electricity
02 January, 15:07 
Guarda la foto1 di 1 (ANSA) - Treviso, January 2 - A church near Treviso is closing until Easter because of a plunge in offerings due to the economic crisis.
Father Stefano Taffarel, parish priest at Fontanelle di Treviso, said his flock's less giving ways meant he could no longer pay to heat and light the church of Sts Peter and Paul.
For the rest of the winter, Father Taffarel said, the church will open only for funerals and special feast days.
Normal services will be moved to a smaller church in the centre of the village, which he can afford to run.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
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