By Jennifer Mauro | Associate Editor, TrentonMonitor.com As parishes around the Diocese celebrated Christmas Masses Dec. 24-25, St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Freehold, was receiving some good news of its own. “As we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus this Christmas, it gives me great joy as your Bishop to share the news that the Holy See has approved my request that St. Robert Bellarmine Church in Freehold be elevated to the dignity of a Co-Cathedral within our Diocese,” Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., announced in a letter that was read to parishioners during the Christmas Masses.
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