{"id":11782,"date":"2011-10-31T18:36:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T22:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2011-10-31T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T22:36:40","slug":"occupy-the-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2011\/10\/occupy-the-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy the Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"

A faction of Occupy Vancouver protesters stopped short of a planned disruption of mass at the Holy Rosary Cathedral in downtown Vancouver on Sunday morning due to a police presence outside of the church.<\/p>\n

But the offshoot group of the anti-corporate protest — calling themselves the \u201cOccupy the Vatican\u201d movement — later decided they will march on the cathedral Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Protester Bluesky Wolfman, speaking in lieu of march organizer Kevin Annett, said the motion to bring attention to thousands of residential school survivors was postponed due to a \u201cheavy police presence\u201d at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the cathedral.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see history one way and everyone sees it another way and we need to come together to talk,\u201d Wolfman said Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to start discussing the hardest parts of our history together and that way we can move forward as brothers and sisters,\u201d he said, with a group of a few dozen largely First Nations members looking on.<\/p>\n

Other Occupy protesters are saying Sunday\u2019s \u201cOccupy the Vatican\u201d movement did not gain consensus at Saturday night\u2019s general assembly and is thus not being supported by the majority.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s march is not approved by the general assembly,\u201d said Yann Savard. [Source<\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How about having the proposed action totally condemned. The “not approved” statement is the cowardly PR statement for a proposed attack on freedom to worship.<\/p>\n

As for “Occupy the Vatican”, maybe they need a geography lesson. <\/p>\n

They are not the only ones who want to draft an occupy movement such as a writer at America Magazine<\/a>. The non-ordained as seen as the 99%. He of course does not mention what would be the laundry list of demands, but you can guess the typical – women’s ordination, acceptance of homosexual acts, and something akin to sexual license. It would almost be funny to watch them try to occupy St. Peter’s Square. The Church is not only protected from the gates of hell, but even misguided people with protest signs, hey hey ho ho chants, and tents.<\/p>\n

I was also critical of attempts at at Catholic Tea Party movement. The Church is always in need of reform, a reform that starts with ourselves. Pray and fasting are the bedrock tools of true reform not orchestrated movements with signs. Certainly at times protests are prudent, but they have to be grounded in the spiritual life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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