Posted on 08/16/2019 6:05:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
PORTLAND, Oregon, August 15, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – So-called “progressive” worshippers at a Catholic parish in Portland, Oregon, shouted down an African priest celebrating Mass who had tried to bring his congregation more in line with Catholic teaching.
Fr. George Kuforiji, a native of Nigeria, was just commencing the celebration of the Mass on June 20 at St. Francis of Assisi parish when he was interrupted by elderly parishioners wearing white and bearing protest signs. The loud, grey-haired protesters filed into the central aisle and marched forward while Fr. Kuforiji tried to continue the celebration from behind the altar. Some banged tambourines or shook rattles in the church.
An amateur video recorded parishioner Melissa Pittman, who held a large photograph above her head that she displayed to the congregation as she protested: "We are following the voice of Jesus, of love. Jesus of inclusion. Jesus of resisting the authorities because when we resist the law, we are in the Spirit of God." At least one member responded with an “Amen!”
Pittman then went to the pulpit to air grievances against Archbishop Alexander Sample and Fr. Kuforiji. "I have asked Father for dialogue; I said that for the last year," she said. "We have been wanting real dialogue. I said that we are being abused." Continuing her harangue, Pittman said, "We are being abused in the Catholic Church by this priest and by this archbishop."
The video also shows that one man responded to Pittman with a “boo.” He then gestured to Fr. Kuforiji, who had retired to the back of the church, and said, "This is a holy priest." However, the protesters shouted him down.
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That is very sad.
The devil is in those people.
Progressive Catholic is one of many new oxymorons.
1-3% of the people are being allowed to run things in our country today...Very sad...
Hmmm. Old, white, racist DemonRats try to stop a modern day black immigrant from doing his job. All while wearing WHITE sheets to put the black man in his place!
I hope there are LOTS of photos and videos of these "progressives" in action.
Love Trumps Hate, liberals!
Go find another church you narcissistic morons
One of his innovations was to ban “inclusive language” in Scriptural readings used in the parished. His predecessors had avoided references to God as “Lord,” “king,” or “he.
Baggy-eyed bolsheviks
“Dialogue.” A phrase used by the left that usually means wanting to debase or degrade something.
These protestors do not know Jesus. He was not someone who worshipped sin and sodomy as high holy virtues.
Turnabout is fair play.
There was a post I read somewhere (sorry can’t remember) that spoke of this Parish and the left wing loon membership. In the story, the writer pointed out what Conservatives have been putting up with for years, as they see their traditions and liturgy trashed in the name of ‘inclusiveness’. The writer stated that now liberals know what it feels like, by having someone new come in and restore what church should be like!
Something is in the water in Portland.
Witches, not parishioners.
...and on TV, in The Leftovers...
....and...well...you know...
Presumably, there were other congregants present?
Why did they not “escort the disruptors” out of the church?
I seriously doubt that anyone who tried to disrupt the service at the church I attend would be allowed to do so for more than a NY second!
Sounds like the Nigerian priest, Fr. George Kuoriji, has his Gospel values in order.
So much for sodomite assurances that Christians could continue to run and conduct their churches freely as they saw fit.
But then again, their mouths were moving, so they were lying.
Give an inch to evil, and watch when they take everything.
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