Catholic Men Must Defend Their Churches, by Thomas Shaffern

By Thomas Shaffern, Crisis Magazine, June 7, 2022

Thomas Shaffern studied history, philosophy, and theology at the University of Scranton. He is now a high school teacher in Pennsylvania.

Recently, another church, this time in Brooklyn, New York, saw its tabernacle stolen and the Blessed Sacrament desecrated. This crime comes on the heels of another story of a stolen tabernacle earlier the same month in Katy, Texas. Such unthinkable acts of evil also coincide with recent disruptions of Holy Masses. After the leak of a Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, pro-abortion advocacy groups, such as Ruth Sent Us, went to Catholic Churches during Sunday Mass to disrupt the Holy Sacrifice. …

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