Catholics Defy Church and Archbishop....

This story could be about the disobedience of some at St. Stanislaus Kostja here in St. Louis. But this is a story about other "Catholics" in Boston, who feel content it seems, to start their own church...

Hundreds of area Catholics openly defied the Vatican and the Archdiocese of Boston yesterday on the holiest day of their faith.

Former parishioners of Sacred Heart Church in Natick gathered in a muddy town park near the shuttered church to celebrate Easter Mass said by a priest suspended by the church for marrying.

``We are practicing our faith,'' said organizer Anne Green, who was a parishioner at Sacred Heart her whole life. ``I feel like we are the church. The hierarchy, the archdiocese, they are there to serve us, not to suppress us.''

Fourteen-year-old Brendan Melchiorri said the Mass felt as valid as any to him despite the lack of a church and an officially recognized priest.

Open rebellion caused by pride and ignorance...Apparently, these are children who have never been disciplined or properly catechized - How wonderful!

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