By Louis Knuffke, LifeSiteNews, Nov. 15, 2023 – 10:42 am EST
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Monday November 13 and updated on Wednesday November 15, 2023.
Bishop Joseph Strickland, just days after being removed from his diocese by Pope Francis, led hundreds of Catholic faithful in a rosary rally right outside the hotel where the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is holding its annual meeting.
BALTIMORE (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland, whom Pope Francis removed from his diocese over the weekend, led a rosary rally today in Baltimore as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) conducted its meetings for its biannual plenary session.
At noon on Wednesday, November 15, Bishop Strickland led a public recitation of the rosary at the plaza on the waterfront side of the Marriott Waterfront Hotel Inner Harbor East, where the bishops are gathered for their meetings.
Bishop Strickland has regularly led the Rosary outside the bishops’ conference meetings in Baltimore in the past over such issues as protesting the giving of Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians, a subject that the bishops have wavered on for decades. In 2021, he was the only bishop to join Catholics outside the bishops’ assembly. At the time, he stated, “When it comes to the Eucharist and the sanctity of life, I must speak. The most important thing I must speak about is the presence of the Lord and fighting the atrocity of abortion.” ….
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