Give Us Mass Back, Prayer Gathering Participants Tell Cardinal O’Malley

About 135 people sang and prayed outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston this afternoon, asking the archbishop to re-open Catholic churches. Organizers called it a prayer gathering, not a rally. There were no speeches or signs. Instead, people sang hymns and prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the rosary, two of the best-known Catholic prayers. It lasted about 35 minutes.

About 135 people sang and prayed outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston this afternoon, asking the archbishop to re-open Catholic churches. Organizers called it a prayer gathering, not a rally. There were no speeches or signs. Instead, people sang hymns and prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and the rosary, two of the best-known Catholic prayers. It lasted about 35 minutes.…