Catholics decry Black Mass scheduled to take place at Kansas State Capitol
TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - A group of Catholic students has formed a petition with more than 22,000 signatures asking Kansas Governor Laura Kelly to cancel a Black Mass scheduled to take place at the end of the month.
An organization for Satanists, The Satanic Grotto, has organized a Black Mass to be held at the Topeka Capitol building on March 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) vice president John Horvat, a native of Kansas, stated that he was appalled at the “heinous blasphemy.”
“This is not just an offense against God but an attack on the very moral fabric of our state and nation. I urge all God-fearing Americans to take a stand— us in peaceful protest, sign the petition, and offer prayers of reparation," he said. “Now is the time to defend our faith and reject this public affront to God.”
A Black Mass is a Satanic rite mocking the Catholic Mass, often including the desecration of a Eucharistic host. The main photo on the social media event reads: “Black Mass at the Capital, an expression of blaspheme and a dedication to Satan.”
The Satanic group at the center of the planned stated:
“ us at the Topeka Capitol building in Kansas as we dedicate the grounds and our legislature to the glory of Satan. We will be performing rites to the Black Mass and indulging in sacrilegious blaspheme. God will fall and Kansas will be embraced by the black flame of Lucifer.”
The Kansas Catholic Conference, the official voice of the Catholic Church in Kansas on matters of public policy, stated that its bishops in the Sunflower State have asked their faithful to pray for the conversion of those taking part in the event.
“If true, this explicit demonstration of anti-Catholic bigotry will be an insult to not only Catholics, but all people of good will,” Chuck Weber with the Catholic Conference stated. “Spiritual and legal responses are being explored.”
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