Was there a reason you didn’t want to confront him? Clergymen should understand that stuff has no place in a house of God. I don’t know why you sat still for it.
I whispered to my husband, “I just may leave” when he announced the topic at the beginning of Mass and received a glare from the couple in front of us. A most unfriendly glare. I’m still recovering from a slip and fall on the ice in Jan and just did not feel up to a confrontation. But, then he went on and on. I was just disgusted and asked for the car keys and left immediately after Mass. My husband did not know what was wrong.
I love the earth as much as anyone and have practiced conservation and recycling all my life. However, Earth Day is an entirely different matter and has been twisted into something I doubt St. Francis would recognize. I may send this priest a letter.
This priest is a “guest” priest who helps out on Sundays — a weekend assistent. He’s not really part of this parish. In fact, this is the most coherent sermon I’ve ever heard come out of him.