The real estate of the Church of Gipuzkoa will become hotels
- The City Hall of Donostia-San Sebastian has just approved the works license for the bishop of Munilla. At the moment, they will start with the headquarters and the bookstore Idatz kristau, and it is to be seen whether the rest will also be made apartments or not. Many of the members of the Church of Gipuzkoa do not agree with the decision.
The Donostian bishop, José Ignacio Munilla, raised the issue at the Euskadi Healing Meeting on July 17, claiming that it was to “help parishes in economically precarious situations.” Although most of them disagreed, the transformation of the real estate of the Church of Gipuzkoa into hotels or apartments began.
On Tuesday the City of Donostia-San Sebastian has approved Munilla's request and has been granted the license to execute the works. The headquarters of the Church of Gipuzkoa, located in number 5 of Zabaleta Street in Donostia-San Sebastián, consists of seven floors and the entire building will be destined for apartments, 26 in total. On the other hand, the bookstore Idatz kristau, located in Urdaneta Street, will also be dedicated to tourism. It's not the only sale of goods that Munilla has recently made. Recently he also sold the parish of Intxaurrondo, but it became a residence for the elderly. It seems that the Church of the Holy Family is also about to devote itself to this.
“It goes against the Gospel”
Opposition to the Munilla decision has been strong in the plenary of the House. Vicar Olaetxea explained that this is an activity that, despite focusing on “self-financing”, “did not give details”, as the meeting in July did not discuss either the cost or the profitability. He has also denounced that it is "unfair" to report such an action in July, when most members of the Church are on vacation.
The community of the Church of Gipuzkoa has made Munilla's decision with "disappointment", according to News from Gipuzkoa. They denounce that this is an attitude contrary to the “Gospel” and the “diocese” and that it was “planned”.
“Behind the back of the diocese, no”
The spring of this year has begun a collection of signatures at the expense of the Diocese, no! Under the motto, to denounce the action of Bishop Munilla. It was not yet known that the real estate of the Church of Gipuzkoa would be sold, but thousands of signatures were collected between priests and pastoral agents. They didn't want Munilla to say clearly about the situation he was in, and they also denounced that he was engaged in "vaguear."
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