Msgr. Richard C. Antall: What Happened at St. Patrick’s Cathedral?
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By Msgr. Richard C. Antall, Crisis Magazine, Feb. 26, 2024
Monsignor Antall is pastor of Holy Name Parish in the Diocese of Cleveland. He is the author of The X-Mass Files (Atmosphere Press, 2021), and The Wedding (Lambing Press, 2019).
If the nonsense at St. Patrick’s had happened on my watch, I think I would have stopped the whole carnival, turned off the microphones and lights, and called the cops.
The first event happened before I got to the mission. Some women came for a funeral Mass and the pastor gave them the time. Funerals were usually the day after the deceased parted, so the interview with those involved in preparing the liturgy came within hours of the death of the woman. The funeral procession came to the church, and it was only then that the priest was informed that the dearly departed was the madam of one of the town’s bordellos. The parish was in a town that had previously been a port city, and even after the main industry was moved to a better harbor, there was still business to be made in sin. …Related posts
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