null / Stephen Kiers/ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Feb 17, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).The Archdiocese of New York announced Wednesday that 12 of its schools will close at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, citing "detrimental" financial instability "due to shifting demographics and lower enrollment made worse by the pandemic.""It is never a good day when we announce closures to any of our beloved schools, but the goal is always to strengthen the remaining institutions and preserve Catholic education in New York for decades to come," Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said in a Feb. 15 press release.In addition to the school's closures, four additional schools will merge into two. The archdiocese also announced that three schools will eliminate their sixth through eighth grades."We are doing everything we can to minimize the impact this will have on families and will provide both educational guidance and pastoral support to all those affected to ensure all children will ...