“Organizer Rory O’Beirn told LifeSiteNews that there were few people in Knock to greet President Biden before his subsequent visit to St. Muredach’s Cathedral in north Mayo.
‘There was an eerie absence of crowds,’ O’Beirn said. ‘When we got access to the Basilica grounds soon after the departure of the presidential party, it was almost deserted. We immediately spread salt around the Church of the Apparition, the Parish Church, and the grounds while praying the the long version of Pope Leo XIII’s prayer to St. Michael.’
Fr. Richard Gibbons, the shrine’s rector, was confronted Thursday by Andy Heasman, a local man who referred to the 8,500 unborn babies killed in Ireland last year when questioning the priest before Biden’s visit to Knock:
Irish Catholic man confronts a priest at Knock Shrine in Co. Mayo ahead of Joe Biden's visit:
"He's Pro-abortion and the 8,500 babies that was murdered last year, will that be part of the ceremony? He's really pushing this. He's a public sinner."pic.twitter.com/q6iCENiPWA
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