{"id":7935,"date":"2003-06-20T12:48:42","date_gmt":"2003-06-20T17:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2003\/06\/20\/founder-of-flight-93-chapel-leaving-the-church\/"},"modified":"2003-06-20T12:48:42","modified_gmt":"2003-06-20T17:48:42","slug":"founder-of-flight-93-chapel-leaving-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2003\/06\/founder-of-flight-93-chapel-leaving-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder of Flight 93 chapel leaving the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) – Tired of not being able to practice as an active priest, the founder of a chapel honoring the passenger and crew of Flight 93 says he’s leaving the Roman Catholic Church for another church.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Al Mascherino renovated a century-old former chapel three miles from the Sept. 11, 2001, crash site in rural southwestern Pennsylvania to honor the 40 passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93.<\/p>\n

But the priest, who remains unassigned by the Altoona-Johnstown Roman Catholic Diocese, says he has made a personal decision to join the North American Old Roman Catholic Church, which follows most Catholic teachings but is more liberal with church sacraments such as communion, baptism and marriage<\/p>\n

…In a written statement, the diocese’s Bishop Joseph Adamec welcomed Vellone, but said that, “the Old Roman Catholic Church is not the same as the Roman Catholic Church.”<\/p>\n

I can agree with that.<\/p>\n

Adamec said Roman Catholics can attend Sunday’s event at the chapel but warned the Old Roman Catholic Church “is not in union” with the Vatican and Pope John Paul II.
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Trying hard not to mention that the Old Roman Catholic Church is not the only organization not in union with the Pope in this diocese – oops I guess I failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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