An Ottawa heavy metal bar will host The Satanic Temple Canada’s Ottawa chapter Saturday in an invitation-only ceremony called an un-baptism.
Ottawa’s Archdiocese
“My concern is for the faith of our people and the offence that this brings. A “black mass” is vile and sacrilegious, attacking the most sacred reality of our faith, the consecrated host: The body, blood, soul and divinity of our lord Jesus Christ,” said Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, who said in a statement provided to CTV News, “We need to pray in reparation for the spiritual harm that is being planned, and that God would turn this blasphemous project into an occasion of grace.”
— Mike Arsalides (@MArsalidesCTV) August 14, 2019
Marc said his religious group has every right to practice their faith and is in no way a threat to Catholicism or any other religion. Marc added the rituals do not promote hate or cause harm.
“I think if people have faith in their Catholicism or their Christianity or whatever they have faith in then they shouldn’t be worried someone else is going to come along and threaten that; they should feel secure in the history and tradition of their faith as we are,” said Marc, who started practicing Satanism 3 years ago.
“What we’re doing right now is asserting our constitutional right, our religious right, even though it may make people feel uncomfortable, we’re not hurting anyone, we’re not targeting anyone. This is for us, by us, end of story.”
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