If someone walks to the back of Division 10, Row 9, of Mount St. Mary Cemetery in Flushing, they’ll notice a unique gravemarker bearing the Major League Baseball logo, and below it the sentence, “First among the vanguard of Latin Americans who changed Major League Baseball forever.”
Hours before the Los Angeles Dodgers honored a drag group dressed as nuns for their community service work at the team’s Pride Night game June 16, groups of protestors took part in what they described as a “prayerful procession” in one of the team’s parking lots.
Encouraging Catholics to be “slaves to the truth,” Archbishop Timothy Broglio delivered his first address as the new leader of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Thursday, touching on immigration reform, support for Haiti and Ukraine, and what he called the “disrespect for the truth and traditions” of the faith by a group the Los Angeles Dodgers will honor Friday night.
Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez is urging area Catholics to join him for a special midday Mass June 16 on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus that will start a day of prayer prior to the scheduled honoring by the Los Angeles Dodgers of an LGBTQ+ drag group that dresses as nuns.
U.S. Catholic bishops are urging Catholics to say prayers of reparation to heal damage caused by the Los Angeles Dodgers’ plans to honor the anti-Catholic drag group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Catholics and other faith groups held a prayer vigil on the steps of California’s state Capitol in Sacramento June 5 while state senators honored a member of the anti-Catholic drag group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams, known for his devout Catholic faith and prominent tattoos, expressed his disappointment with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ decision to re-invite and honor a controversial group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitcher Clayton Kershaw says he didn’t agree with his team’s decision to honor the drag group, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, during their Pride Night game June 16.
A group that describes itself as a “leading-edge order of queer and trans nuns” was invited, then uninvited, and then re-invited by the Los Angeles Dodgers to be honored along with other organizations for their community service work during Pride Night on June 16 at Dodger Stadium.
“Nothing should take precedence” over Good Friday — and that includes the baseball team’s home opener, said Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh in an April 5 statement shared after the diocese had received inquiries about a possible dispensation from the fasting and abstinence that is integral to the solemn day.
