Washington After Roe Day 2: Faithful Bear Witness to a New Dawn
June 27, 2022 | District of Columbia
Two days after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, no protesters could be seen outside Washington’s Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Situated next to the campus of The Catholic University of America (CUA), the shrine is the largest Catholic church in North America.
Yet, after the Department of Homeland Security warned of violence against Catholic churches, “America’s Catholic Church” wasn’t taking any chances. Their own security staff and at least one Washington Metro Police officer patrolled the grounds as visitors streamed in and out.
Before the 10:30 a.m. mass began, the faithful quietly navigated the enormous church. Some stopped to pray at the upper church’s many chapels.
The mass itself included a prayer to religious freedom, commemorating “the gift of religious liberty, the foundation of human rights, justice, and the common good;” and the United States, described as “this blessed land.”… (Excerpt from The Epoch Time)
