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  • Man Arrested For Explosives At A Judiciary Mass Days After Kavanaugh Attacker Got Light Sentence

    10/06/2025 6:45:14 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 3 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 10/06/2025 | Brianna Lyman
    Days after the man who tried to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was given a light sentence, police arrested a 41-year-old man on bomb charges after he showed up to a mass traditionally attended by Supreme Court justices to mark the beginning of the high court’s annual term.According to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, authorities “engaged an individual who set up a tent on the steps” of Saint Matthew’s Cathedral ahead of the Red Mass. Louis Geri refused to vacate the premises and was arrested. During the arrest, “officers observed multiple suspicious items, including vials of liquid and...
  • Police Arrest Man for Suspected Bomb Threat Against Cathedral Before Supreme Court Gathering

    10/06/2025 10:52:13 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 6 replies
    Townhall ^ | October 06, 2025 | Jeff Charles
    Police arrested a New Jersey man who allegedly had a Molotov cocktail near St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, DC, on Sunday.The arrest occurred just before the church was set to hold its Red Mass to celebrate the beginning of the new Supreme Court term.The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said it “engaged an individual who set up a tent on the steps of the Cathedral,” according to a press release.SNIPThe suspect, identified as 41-year-old Louis Geri of Vineland, New Jersey, is preliminarily charged with Unlawful Entry, Threats to Kidnap or Injure a Person, and Possession of a Molotov Cocktail. SNIPhttps://x.com/_ellepurnell/status/1975037735816908980
  • DC police arrest suspect for alleged explosive outside annual Red Mass

    10/05/2025 2:43:33 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 7 replies
    Fox ^ | 10-5-25 | Stephen Sorace
    A 41-year-old New Jersey man was arrested outside Saint Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for allegedly possessing a Molotov cocktail, authorities said. Louis Geri, of Vineland, had set up a tent on the steps of the Cathedral, which was due to hold its annual Red Mass, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said in a news release. Red Mass is a Catholic Mass that celebrates the start of the judicial year and offers prayers for wisdom, counsel, and fortitude for judges, lawyers and public officials. Officers assigned to a detail for the Red Mass spotted Geri and his tent...
  • Man arrested outside Washington, DC, cathedral allegedly had a Molotov cocktail: Police

    10/05/2025 2:47:05 PM PDT · by CFW · 24 replies
    ABCnews ^ | 10/5/25 | Bill Hutchinson
    A 41-year-old man was arrested on Sunday outside the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., on charges of possessing a Molotov cocktail and making threats to kidnap or injure people, according to police. The incident comes one week after a man rammed his pickup truck into the front of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing four worshipers and injuring eight others. The suspect was killed in a shootout with police after he set the chapel on fire, burning it to the ground, authorities...
  • Possible Terror Attack Thwarted at D.C.'s St. Matthew's Cathedral

    10/05/2025 8:49:56 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
    Red State ^ | 10/05/2025 | Ward Clark
    It seems hardly a day goes by without some sort of attack or attempted attack, and not even houses of worship are excluded from the target lists of various wackos. On Sunday morning, a possible terror attack on Washington, D.C.'s St. Matthew's Cathedral was thwarted with the arrest of a man outside the cathedral. The man was in possession of what appeared to be fireworks and "vials of liquids."A man was arrested outside of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Sunday morning before Red Mass started, according to D.C. police.Officers were assigned at the cathedral early Sunday morning for...
  • Liberal Arrested With 200 ‘Grenades’ In Suspected Assassination Plot Against SCOTUS Conservatives

    10/08/2025 8:15:47 AM PDT · by Signalman · 17 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 10/8/2025 | Mark Steffen
    A far-left lunatic fashioned at least 200 improvised explosive devices out of homemade materials and planned to unleash a series of terrorist attacks across Washington, D.C., authorities said after arresting the man on Tuesday. The deranged New Jersey resident had reportedly filled a tent with what the Metropolitan District Police described as “grenades” readied for detonation at the annual Red Mass gathering of Christians this week. A notebook left behind by the man was filled with hate-filled scrawls against justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, who already confirmed they would not be attending the appeal to their faith out of...
  • Man With 200 Explosives And Leftist Manifesto Arrested Outside Supreme Court Event At Church: Police

    10/08/2025 3:26:40 AM PDT · by DFG · 18 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | 10/07/2025 | Luke Rosiak
    Washington, D.C., police on Sunday arrested a man with hundreds of explosive devices outside a church holding a Mass in honor of the Supreme Court. The man had a manifesto that suggested he was targeting the Supreme Court and Catholics, according to court papers obtained by The Daily Wire. Louis Geri, a 41-year-old from Arizona and New Jersey, was apprehended outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle on October 5, the same day the church held its annual “Red Mass” in which a cardinal prays for the high court as it embarks on a new term, and which is...
  • Lefty maniac threatened to detonate tent filled with 200 explosives outside DC church hosting Supreme Court justices

    10/08/2025 6:47:25 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 28 replies
    NYP ^ | 10 08 2025 | Patrick Reilly
    A hate-filled New Jersey man arrested before the annual Red Mass in Washington, DC, had at least 200 explosives in a tent outside — and a notebook declaring hatred for ICE and the Supreme Court justices who were due to arrive at the Catholic church, new court documents show. Louis Geri, 41, had pitched his tent on the steps of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle — and allegedly told cops who approached him, “You might want to stay back and call the federales, I have explosives,” according to a filing obtained by the Washington Post. During attempted negotiations...
  • [CATHOLIC CAUCUS ONLY] Cardinal Wuerl will not attend this year’s Red Mass [from twitter]

    09/05/2018 6:28:57 AM PDT · by sitetest · 22 replies
    Thomas Peters' Twitter feed ^ | September 5, 2018 | Jason Calvi
    Thomas Peters @AmericanPapist 42m 42 minutes ago More Thomas Peters Retweeted Jason Calvi #ResignWatch Thomas Peters added, Jason Calvi @JasonCalvi NEW: Cardinal Wuerl will not attend this year’s Red Mass, which is a Mass calling down the Holy Spirit on the Sunday before the new #SCOTUS term opens. #CatholicTwitter… 1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes Reply 1 Retweet 1 Like 5 Direct message
  • Cardinal DiNardo pleas for unborn at 'Red Mass' attended by Supreme Court justices

    10/05/2009 9:42:03 AM PDT · by NYer · 21 replies · 1,362+ views
    cna ^ | October 5, 2009
    Archbishop Donald Wuerl talks with Chief Justice John Roberts after the Red Mass Washington D.C., Oct 5, 2009 / 10:40 am (CNA).- One day before the opening of the Supreme Court's next term, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at the 56th Annual "Red Mass," celebrated yesterday at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington D.C. The Mass was attended by six Supreme Court justices.The Mass is an initiative of the John Carroll Society, a group of Catholic legal professionals, and has been held at the cathedral since...
  • The Red Report ( Red Mass in DC's St Matthew's Cathedral)

    10/04/2009 1:51:49 PM PDT · by NYer · 15 replies · 1,123+ views
    witl ^ | October 4, 2009 | Rocco Palmo
    Fronting the pews at this morning's Red Mass in DC's St Matthew's Cathedral: the nation's First Catholic -- Vice-President Joe Biden -- joined by six Supreme Court Justices, including the bench's Chief John Roberts and newest member Sonia Sotomayor, both likewise of the fold. While the fulltext has yet to emerge, the wire's running a snip from the day's visiting preacher: The specialized, formal knowledge of the law "frequently becomes semi-mechanical, even distancing," [Cardinal Daniel] DiNardo [of Galveston-Houston] told the congregation. "The law and lawyers are around because justice among human beings will always be an issue." "Even sophisticated,...
  • Four Supreme Court justices attend Red Mass in Washington

    10/03/2006 10:16:49 AM PDT · by NYer · 42 replies · 1,239+ views
    Catholic News Agency ^ | October 2, 2006
    Washington DC, Oct. 02, 2006 (CNA) - Four Supreme Court justices attended the annual Red Mass, which is traditionally held each autumn to mark the beginning of the court’s new term and draws members of the legal community, Presidential Cabinet members, and occasionaly the President himself. Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington presided at yesterday’s Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, where the Red Mass has been held since 1952. Four of the five Catholic Supreme Court justices — Chief Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas — attended, reported The Associated Press. Justice Samuel...
  • Atlanta judges parade to traditional blessing ceremony

    09/28/2006 3:24:06 PM PDT · by AnAmericanMother · 22 replies · 516+ views
    AP via the AJC ^ | 9/28/06 | Greg Bluestein
    Clad in black robes, judges of all stripes paraded through a downtown Atlanta church Thursday to receive a blessing of peace and justice. Federal bankruptcy magistrates strode alongside Superior Court judges at the annual "Red Mass" ceremony, an ancient service that dates to the Middle Ages. The service was billed as an interfaith celebration, and afterward the Catholic hosts gave awards to a Jewish judge and Protestant attorney for their work. But the ceremony was not without a heavy political undertone. judges to re-examine the death penalty and called for a ban on embryonic stem cell research. Of abortion, he...
  • Supreme Court's Ginsburg Offended by "Outrageously Anti-Abortion" Homily at Mass

    02/09/2006 5:14:18 PM PST · by wagglebee · 193 replies · 5,662+ views
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 2/9/06 | LifeSiteNews
    WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The February edition of the Jewish bimonthly magazine, Moment, carries an excerpt from a book by Abigail Pogrebin, Stars of David; the book details conversations Pogrebin had with 62 famous Jews.  The excerpt features Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of Pogrebin's subjects.  What Ginsburg had to say about Christianity was noted by Catholic League president Bill Donohue:"In the January 30 edition of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Abigail Pogrebin was asked which Jewish persons have left a 'profound impression' on her.  She answered, 'I will never forget Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying,...
  • Bush Mum on New Supreme Court Pick

    10/02/2005 7:09:14 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 5 replies · 740+ views
    FOXNews.com ^ | 3 October 2005
    WASHINGTON — President Bush returned from Camp David Sunday to attend Red Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. The mass is held each year on the Sunday before the Supreme Court session begins. Bush and first lady Laura Bush were joined by newly confirmed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and several of the other justices in the centuries-old Roman Catholic prayer session held for justices, judges and government officials of all faiths. At the Red Mass, named after the vestments worn by the priests, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the principal celebrant, delivered a homily wishing wisdom and greater civility...
  • Bush Still Considering High Court Vacancy (attends Red Mass)

    10/02/2005 11:16:54 AM PDT · by NYer · 48 replies · 3,072+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | October 2, 2005 | DEB RIECHMANN
    On the eve of the Supreme Court's new term, President Bush on Sunday attended a traditional worship service for the legal community while offering no clues about whether he had settled on a candidate to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.White House chief of staff Andy Card said the president was mulling his second nomination to the high court. The president is "still considering lots of options," he told reporters at the White House just after Bush returned from Camp David.Legal experts who are in touch with administration officials about the selection process say the president is most likely to...
  • Denver Archdiocese Severs Ties with Catholic Lawyers' Group over Award to Abortion Supporter

    12/22/2004 8:30:02 AM PST · by NYer · 37 replies · 1,268+ views
    LifeSite ^ | December 21, 2004
    DENVER, December 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This November, the controversy over pro-abortion Catholic politicians has ended the association of the Catholic Lawyer's Guild with the Denver Archdiocese. Every year, various branches of a Catholic lawyer's association around the world gather to celebrate their profession with the Red Mass, a tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages. In most dioceses, the bishop or his delegate celebrates the Red Mass and the Guild gives an award to a Catholic politician. This year, the Denver group has invited pro-abortion Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, who won a Senate seat in the in...