Catholics look into buying Crystal Cathedral

(RNS) The Crystal Cathedral, which has put its iconic campus up for sale
to end a bankruptcy crisis, has an interested party that needs a large
cathedral: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, Calif.

The diocese -- the nation's 11th largest -- does not have its own
cathedral but has studied the option to build one in nearby Santa Ana,
Calif.

While that study is ongoing, "it is prudent to evaluate the
opportunity to engage in the pending auction of this property and to
mitigate the chance that it cease to function as a place of worship, if
acquired by others," said Orange Bishop Tod Brown in a Wednesday (July
6) statement.