Joseph W. Tobin, the Archbishop of the Indianapolis Archdiocese, delivers the opening prayer at the start of a press conference about the closing, merging and linking of certain parishes in the Indianapolis Archdiocese at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. Archbishop Tobin announced that an number of churches in the archdiocese will either close, merge or link their parishes. Mike Wolanin | The Republic