Los Angeles archdiocese to hold day of prayer in response to Dodgers' game event honoring ‘drag nuns’

Theologian and former Catholic priest Jonathan Morris calls out the sports team for honoring an anti-Catholic group on 'The Story.'

Believers in the City of Angels are pushing back peacefully against an event at Dodgers Stadium scheduled for Friday, June 16, honoring so-called "drag nuns."

Archbishop José H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles invited all area Catholics to a Mass kicking off a day of prayer on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus planned for Friday.

"The Archbishop will celebrate the 12:10 Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to mark the beginning of a day of prayer in light of the decision by the Los Angeles Dodgers to honor a group that mocks Catholic religious sisters and stages lewd and profane performances aimed at ridiculing Jesus and the Catholic Mass, among other provocations," according to a June 13 release from Angelus News, a publication by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. 

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On Friday evening, the Los Angeles Dodgers will honor the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence," a charitable drag group that dresses like nuns, at its annual "Pride Night" celebration game. 

"My friends, this Friday, June 16, we celebrate the feast of Jesus’ Sacred Heart. We remember how much he loves us and we ask him to give us a heart like his — meek and humble, and filled with all compassion," tweeted Gomez on June 13. 

Gomez went on to say that he would be celebrating a "special Mass" at the archdiocese's cathedral on Friday. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the largest archdiocese by Catholic population in the entire United States.

Archbishop Jose Gomez announced this week that he would