Nero fiddled….

Let us return to the reality of the “Church of today” after the great joys of Easter. We learn in the New York Times of one more Catholic high school closing its doors – this time Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School in Brooklyn:

A Catholic High School Abruptly Loses Its Fight to Stay Open

As the NYT puts it: “the school had fallen into a familiar category: a New York City Catholic School that couldn’t.” “But enrollment has plummeted to 499 this year from 1347 in 2006, just as the neighborhood was blossoming with condominiums and renovated row houses to house young professionals.” All this just in the pontificates of Benedict and Francis. It is claimed that Bishop Ford High School could not survive competition from improving public schools and charter schools (there seemingly being no other reason to attend a Catholic school instead of these). And, as is so often the case, there are allegations of impropriety in the years leading up to the school’s demise.

Earlier this year, in Manhattan:

Mother Cabrini High School To Close Its Doors After 115 Years

School announcement.