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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Seven churches that are in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will permanently close on March 12th, 2026. The announcement came just minutes into a Mass that was streaming online during the service at St. Maurice Church in Forest Hills on Sunday. Good Shepherd Church, Madonna del Castello Church, Sacred Heart Church, St. Anselm Church, St. Colman Church, St. John Fisher Church, and St. Jude the Apostle Church are the churches that will be closing.