1500 young Catholics form a human shield to protect Cathedral

Friday, December 6th, 2013

Between the 23rd-25th November 2013 1500 young Catholics formed a human shield to protect the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista from 7,000 protestors.

The protestors, a wide-ranging group with pro-abortion, lesbian, feminist concerns, spat at the young men, mocked them and daubed them with paint.

Despite the protestors committing sexual acts in front of them, the cathedral protectors continued to pray the Rosary.

Fr Tim Finigan of the Hermeneutic of Continuity writes he was moved by actions of the young men which he saw on video.

At one point during the protest, the extremists lit a big fire and danced around it as they burned an effigy of Pope Francis.

The cathedral in the Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico is one of the oldest buildings in San Juan, located in Old San Juan, and is the second oldest cathedral in the Americas.

Source: Protect the Pope

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