After St. Louis Catholic School in Louisville announced it would be closing its doors at the end of this year, some Colorado parents are appealing their concerns to the Vatican to try and keep it open.

St. Louis Catholic School in Louisville. CBS

The Archdiocese of Denver says this is the fifth school to close in the last three years, following low enrollment. Interim Superintendent for the Archdiocese of Denver Scott Elmer explains the reasoning behind that decision.

"We're in the business of saving souls, right?" Elmer said, "When enrollment is low, that obviously raises the cost to educate per child, and so it causes more of a financial strain on the parish because it requires more of the parish's offerings to be used to support the school."

This fall, the archdiocese let parents

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