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  • OKC archbishop decries Civic Center 'Black Mass'

    07/01/2014 4:48:46 PM PDT · by markomalley · 21 replies
    The Edmond Sun ^ | 7/1/2014 | Mark Schlachtenhaufen
    Archbishop Paul Coakley has called on Catholics to pray that God might change the minds of the organizers of a “Black Mass” scheduled for later this year in Oklahoma City. On Tuesday, Coakley expressed his astonishment and disappointment at this event and called on community leaders to reconsider whether it is an appropriate use of public space. “The ‘Black Mass’ that is scheduled for the Civic Center in September is a satanic inversion and distortion of the most sacred beliefs not only of Catholics, but of all Christians,” Coakley said. Coakley, leader of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, said for...