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Pope Francis said on Saturday that the Catholic liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated issues.” Speaking at an audience with the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in the apostolic palace, the pope said that he believes that “every reform creates resistance.” “It’s not possible to worship God while making the liturgy a battleground for issues that are not essential, indeed, outdated issues, and to take sides starting with the liturgy, with ideologies that divide the Church,” the pope said, speaking to the Pontifical Liturgical Institute.
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Several protesters dressed in "huge hats" and "red hooded gowns," disrupted a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles Sunday morning. The costumes resembled those worn by members of the pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us, which threatened to disrupt Catholic Masses on Sunday, Mother's Day, in response to a leaked draft opinion suggesting that the Supreme Court may be ready to overturn the landmark abortion decision Roe v Wade. While there were a handful of reported incidents of anger, violence, and provocation directed at Catholics and pro-life groups over the Mother's Day weekend, the demonstration in Los Angeles appeared to be the only one similar to the protests Ruth Sent Us has conducted in the past. The headquarters of Wisconsin Family Action, a pro-life organization in Madison, was set on fire in an apparent arson attack. The fire, which appeared to be started by a Molotov cocktail, was quickly put out by the Madison Fire Department. No one was hurt, police said.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251176/costumed-protesters-disrupt-los-angeles-mass
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251174/threats-to-catholic-masses-mothers-day
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Today, the Church celebrates Saint Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism, or monks who live in community. Pachomius first started out as a hermit in the desert, like many of the other men and women in the third and fourth centuries who sought the most radical expression of Christian life. His hermit friend, Palemon, helped him to build a monastery and Pachomius insisted that his fellow monks were to aspire to the austerity of the hermits.
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