A new way of being church?
After the Synodal Synthesis Report detailed people's upset at losing out on two years of regular public Mass and Confession with lockdown, authorities in Knock have decided to exclude the People of God once more, this time to facilitate US President Joe Biden.
In a statement, those in charge of the shrine even compared his visit to those of Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.
They also stated:
‘There will be no Mass or Confessions available from 1pm on Thursday 13th April and all Knock Shrine offices will remain closed until Saturday 15th April’.
As the Synod promises us a ‘A New Way of Being Church’, we have to wonder if excluding people from the sacraments to entertain people more important than them is what they has in mind.