st. laurentius is too expensive to repair and will be torn down. nora muchanic has the full story from the church tonight. >> basically they keep lying to everybody. >> that's reaction from parishioners at st. laurentius in fishtown which was merged by holy name of jesus parish. they got news of demolish of the church built in the 1800s. >> we're appealing to vatican and waiting for a reply. it has not come back yet. they're jumping the gun basically and violating cannon law. >> the archdioceses said it would cost 3.5 millionto restore the church and towers and to attempt that would jeopardize the fiscal welfare of parish and future existence. but the friends of st. but the friends of st. laurentius say repairs can be done under a million and paintings and hand crafted alter should be preserved. >> the archdioceses seems to have blatant disregard for this cultural artistic and architectural masterpiece. >> ken swarz was baptized and spent his life here and he said maybe it's time for the church to come down. >> buildings and people die you you know

st. laurentius church in northeast philadelphia closed almost one year ago. since then, residents and parishioners have been fight to go said structure. the archdioces said it would cost nearly three and a half million dollars to repair the church that would jeopardize the physical welfare of the pair everybody. they say demolishing the structure would cost about $1 million. st. laurentius school is not being closed or sold. >> it is approaching 5:13. katie, good morning. >> good morning diane a hi, everyone there is will end up being very quiet start to your week out there. we can expect to see sunshine, high pressure in place will last us through tomorrow. and then by the middle of the part of the week, warm and cold frow duo cross through just classic storm system. and what it will do is bring in our next round every wet weather, but also nice little warming trend along the way too. starting off on chilly note, at least storm scan is quiet starting off there. on out to the map yes, not heck of a lot to see here, folks, granted you have little movement in t

st. laurentius in the neighborhood, remember, thinking about maybe knocking the church down there? we have a time update. time check. 7:30. >> ding. >> where did you get that mug? >> we dot it -- got this mug from st. laurentius school in the neighborhood. >> is that the one where they are worried about the church being torn down? >> exactly, so they were nice enough to take the time off, by sending us the muscles from the students, teachers, sends us your mug, i'll send you back one of us in return. you should see the pile. it continues to grow. god bless lauren johnson, she sits next to me, very conscious of making sure that the mugs do not go over the line. people keep contacting me, i saint mug in. that's because he has 6,000 mugs. >> we'll get to them all. hang in there. >> we believe in you, bob. >> hopefully. >> seven seconds, change the time. >> this is old, old school. >> so official looking. >> all right, and it is still 29 degrees, it is six out of ten in your weather by the numbers today, bus stop buddy, he's bundled up this morning, with these temperatures in the 20's,