Posted on 07/14/2021 7:43:32 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pro-abortion protestors blocked a pro-life procession in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday morning.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn told CNA on Monday that the attempts to silence the July 10 local Witness for Life procession were “very disturbing” and “disheartening.”
Brooklyn’s Witness for Life day of prayer, which occurs on the second Saturday of each month, normally begins with an 8 a.m. Mass at St. Paul’s Church. A rosary procession to the local Planned Parenthood clinic seven blocks away follows Mass. Saturday’s gathering marked the third such procession in Brooklyn this year.
However, on Saturday the group New York City for Abortion Rights (NYCFAR) gathered outside St. Paul’s before the morning Mass and chanted throughout the Mass. Some of their chants outside the church included “Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide,” as well as “St. Paul’s Church harasses patients” and “Free abortion on demand, can we win it? Yes we can.”
Protestors held signs with phrases including “God loves abortion,” and “This church harasses women.”
Saturday’s encounter between pro-abortion protestors and Witness for Life was the second such incident in as many months. At the previous month’s Witness for Life event, NYCFAR organized a protest as well.
Kathryn Jean Lopez, a Witness for Life participant who also covered the event for National Review magazine, told CNA on Monday that the protestors in June “were literally in the face of Fr. Fidelis Mochinski CFR and another priest.” Fr. Mochinski leads Witness for Life in Manhattan.
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I’m 72 years old, but would not take that crap from the satanists.
Stuff like this happens when most “Christians” don’t move from their pews.
Jesus called us to be salt, but just as He said, the salt has lost its savor.
Wonder if the Knights of Columbus would provide an escort for the procession, if asked.
The devil is really triggered right now.
When the DC Chapter was freeping Walter Reed, we had motorcyclist security from Rolling Thunder and Patriot Guard Riders. Maybe they should look into it. PGR has been known to show up when the nutcases from Westboro Baptist is on scene, and also to escort military funerals when protesters are likely to harrass the families. And there is the Bikers for Trump group.
Fluffy hats and capes will not do the job. Better to hire professional security, time to take these threats seriously.
Good ideas
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