ushers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:04:55 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg ushers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Fundamentalists protest in US Catholic churches before Masses https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/11/11/fundamentalists-protest-us-catholic-churches-masses/ Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:05:01 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=65500 Catholic parishes in Washington have been subject to noisy protests from fundamentalist Christians, who, in two cases, charged into churches before Mass. Washington archdiocese said protestors using megaphones were shouting at ordinary Catholics going in and out of churches. Fundamentalist literature was being distributed. The protestors attacked the Catholic Church's dogmas, teachings, practices and leaders, Read more

Fundamentalists protest in US Catholic churches before Masses... Read more]]> Catholic parishes in Washington have been subject to noisy protests from fundamentalist Christians, who, in two cases, charged into churches before Mass.

Washington archdiocese said protestors using megaphones were shouting at ordinary Catholics going in and out of churches.

Fundamentalist literature was being distributed.

The protestors attacked the Catholic Church's dogmas, teachings, practices and leaders, including Pope Francis.

In the two instances where protestors "stormed the inside of [a] church just before Mass" they were promptly removed by ushers and off-duty law enforcement officers.

Washington archdiocese told priests to call the police if the protestors repeated their acts.

Parishes were also asked to pray for the protestors.

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