Posted on 03/14/2020 4:53:10 PM PDT by ebb tide
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception announced Friday afternoon it will suspend the public celebration of Mass and the hearing of confessions until further notice, just hours after the shrine said it would keep to its public Mass and confession schedule unless ordered to close by civic authorities.
A statement from the shrine, released Friday afternoon, said that the change came at the instruction of the Archdiocese of Washington, which announced Thursday the suspension of public Masses in DC parishes.
“The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will suspend the public celebration of Mass and there will be no scheduled Confessions effective Saturday, March 14, until further notice, as directed by the Archdiocese of Washington,” the statement said.
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Meanwhile, next door to the east in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop Lori claims he lacks the authority to cancel a gay clergy retreat.
US archbishop refuses to cancel gay clergy retreat, spokesman says he lacks ‘authority’
Why should they be bothered with all this “hocus pocus” liturgy stuff?
Now they have more time for them to enjoy their rent boys.
Hopefully, George Nuemayr will focus on this tomorrow.
The shrine was right in continuing Masses.
Wilton Gregoory, Archbishop of Washington D. C. is wrong.
I can’t believe you wrote that.
Pray for the Shrine to stay open!
Sorry, Salvation. But the last few years have taught me that perhaps a large minority of priests are not totally evil, but the overwhelming majority are completely corrupt or compromised. Or both. Since, statistically, it’s more likely that a bishop is a corrupted homosexual than not, the burden of proof now lies with bishops to prove otherwise.
If Jesus were to choose 12 new Apostles from the current crowd of their successors, without supernatural intervention, it might be difficult to come up with 12.
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