Fire destroys landmark church in historic Philadelphia neighborhood
May 11, 2021 catholic news service
Firefighters battle a blaze at the former St. Leo the Great Church in Philadelphia May 9, 2021. The church closed in 2018 following a parish merger five years earlier with Our Lady of Consolation. (Credit: Gina Christian/CatholicPhilly.com via CNS.)
Catholic residents of a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood are mourning the loss of a landmark church.
PHILADELPHIA Catholic residents of a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood are mourning the loss of a landmark church.
Fire ravaged the former St. Leo the Great Church May 9, gutting the iconic structure in the city’s historic Tacony neighborhood.
Arson ruled in fire that destroyed St. Leo Church in Northeast Phila.
Firefighters battle a blaze at the former St. Leo the Great church in Philadelphia s Tacony section as area residents and former parishioners watch, May 9. The former worship site, which closed in 2018 following a parish merger five years earlier with Our Lady of Consolation, was completely gutted. (Gina Christian)
By Gina Christian • Posted May 13, 2021
UPDATED Catholic residents of a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood continue to mourn the loss of a church once known as “the heart of Tacony,” destroyed in a May 9 blaze that federal investigators have now ruled the result of arson.
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The Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit reported on Saturday 11 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
There are now 133 active cases in the two communities.
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Since the pandemic began last March, 1,783 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Haldimand-Norfolk, with 1,606 of those resulting in recovered cases.
There have been 39 deaths in the communities from the virus and five people who had tested positive but died from complications attributed to other illnesses.
As far as area vaccinations are concerned, 24,638 doses have been administered in Haldimand-Norfolk with 1,787 of those completed.