THIS PICTURE IS 33 of 43 TO ACCOMPANY THE INSIGHT DETROIT/CHURCH. THE SERIES HIGHLIGHTS THE PROBLEMS FACING CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN DETROIT. SEARCH KEYWORD “CATHOLIC CHURCH DETROIT” TO SEE ALL THE IMAGES.

Dr. Ed Jelonek (R) works in his own free time as patients line up outside at the Order of Malta Medical and Dental Clinic for low income Michigan residents in the basement at the St. Leo Catholic Church in Detroit, December 21, 2011. St. Leo Catholic Church, located in one of the most abandoned pockets of the nation’s most depressed city, is operating on life support. Built more than 120 years ago as Detroit was developing into a manufacturing powerhouse, St. Leo is one of the many area churches to have succumbed to a same priest and parishioner shortage that has plagued the Catholic Church in America. Picture taken December 17, 2011. To match Insight DETROIT/CHURCH REUTERS/Mark Blinch (UNITED STATES – Tags: RELIGION HEALTH) – RTR2VQFZ

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