A glimpse of "Occupy the Vatican" in Vancouver

Malin Jordan was there:

As protests go, the recent jig danced by a handful (and that’s being generous) of protestors at Holy Rosary Cathedral last week didn’t amount to much.

Their main message was: it’s time for the Church to say sorry, recognize the injustice of residential schools, and finally listen to survivors.

One woman, who was noticeably drunk, was swaying to and fro – between her shouts of “racist” at passing Asian parishioners – and shouting a multitude of other obscenities.

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Chanting “Sinners! Sinners! Sinners!” the angry activists were the first ones to cast stones at would-be worshippers. And yes, the irony was lost on them.

But the whole charade was more theatre than action.