- Feb 5, 2002
- 185,962
- 68,419
- Country
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
(OSV News) — A Satanic group planning a “black mass” at the Kansas Statehouse March 28 has sworn in court it is not in possession of a consecrated host and wine the group said it aimed to desecrate at the event.
On March 20, a judge dismissed a case brought by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, against the Satanic Grotto for the return of a consecrated host and consecrated wine the group claimed to have secured.
The dismissal of the case was “an unexpected but welcome development,” since the defendants admitted under oath they did not have the sacred species, the Kansas Catholic Conference said in a statement issued shortly after the ex parte hearing.
Catholics believe that upon their consecration at Mass, the bread and wine become Jesus Christ — body, blood, soul and divinity — while still retaining the appearances of bread and wine. The Catholic Church teaches in its catechism that the Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life,” with the reception of the Eucharist forming faithful into a single body sent forth to “fulfill God’s will in their daily lives.”
On March 14, Archbishop Naumann had filed a petition to recover the Eucharist — under state laws governing the return of wrongfully taken or held personal property — in the civil division of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Continued below.
www.oursundayvisitor.com
On March 20, a judge dismissed a case brought by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, against the Satanic Grotto for the return of a consecrated host and consecrated wine the group claimed to have secured.
The dismissal of the case was “an unexpected but welcome development,” since the defendants admitted under oath they did not have the sacred species, the Kansas Catholic Conference said in a statement issued shortly after the ex parte hearing.
Catholics believe that upon their consecration at Mass, the bread and wine become Jesus Christ — body, blood, soul and divinity — while still retaining the appearances of bread and wine. The Catholic Church teaches in its catechism that the Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life,” with the reception of the Eucharist forming faithful into a single body sent forth to “fulfill God’s will in their daily lives.”
On March 14, Archbishop Naumann had filed a petition to recover the Eucharist — under state laws governing the return of wrongfully taken or held personal property — in the civil division of the District Court of Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Continued below.
Kansas Satanists forced to admit under oath they don't possess Eucharist for 'black mass'
A Satanic group's "black mass" at Kansas Statehouse sparks controversy as court rules they don't have consecrated Eucharist.
www.oursundayvisitor.com
