The 11 a.m. Mass at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin was disrupted by a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday.
Videos circulating online show around thirty predominantly elderly protesters who walked up the church aisle carrying a variety of placards and photographs on 22 December. They arrived after Holy Communion, just as the choir had made its way to the base of the sanctuary where they would normally sing. The protest prevented the choir from fulfilling its choral duty.
The priest celebrating the Mass made an appeal to the protesters, saying: “The Irish people have not been silent, and the Irish people have supported the voice and actions of our government. I would also like you to know that the Catholic community living in Gaza is especially in our thoughts and prayers.”
