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Protesters arrested after peacefully opposing COVID vax clinic for minors on cathedral groundsA group planning to hand out info on COVID shots for minors was praying when asked to leave. Two were arrested.Wed Mar 2, 2022 - 10:35 pm EST KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (LifeSiteNews) — Peaceful protesters of the experimental “vaccination” of minors on the grounds of the Catholic Diocese of Knoxville cathedral are awaiting trial after they were arrested at the Church’s request on Sunday for trespassing.Jenny Hay, a co-organizer of the protest, and fellow protesters were praying outside the entrance of Sacred Heart Cathedral, where they planned to pass...

US bishop says Trump should concede, as Nixon did with clear voter fraud'Love of country and not self is patriotic,' tweeted Bp. Richard Stika of Knoxville.KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, November 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville recently denied voter fraud and called for President Donald Trump to concede the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Days later, the bishop commended Richard Nixon for conceding the 1960 presidential election despite what Stika considers the decisive influence of “deceased” voters in that election.Stika’s implication that Trump should concede regardless of the credibility of voter fraud allegations is just...

Catholic bishop rebukes Biden for supporting ‘the ultimate child abuse’ 'Will you tell God you supported the ultimate child abuse because of the American Constitution?' October 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee is the latest of numerous Catholic clergymen to publicly take issue with Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden’s stated position on abortion. Joining Fr. James Altman, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Fr. Stephen Imbarrato, and others, Stika raked Biden for “support[ing] the ultimate child abuse.” On Sunday, Stika tweeted: A question for Mr. Biden. At your judgement before God, how will you explain...

[Catholic Caucus] US bishop says he’ll ban faithful from Mass if they ‘make scene’ to receive Communion on tongue 'If the person makes a scene, they will be asked to leave and not permitted to return [until] this passes.' KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, May 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, has confirmed in a tweet that the priests of his diocese “will not give Communion on the tongue as per my instruction.” Taking it further, he says that if the person wanting to receive Holy Communion on the tongue “makes a scene,” then “they will be asked...

As you can see, Bishop-elect Richard Stika has already made himself at home in Volunteer Country, donning a University of Tennessee hat during this morning's presser. Well-known for his "just folks" ways, the moment was no put-on. Stika's predecessor in the post, now Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, was in attendance, as were the the state's other two ordinaries, Bishops Terry Steib SVD of Memphis and David Choby of Nashville. As the folks in the 60,000-member church begin trying to figure out who the new arrival is and what he's like, no reporter knows him better or has covered...