Pilgrimage’s LA Cathedral finale scaled back due to recent protests
Organizers have changed plans for the conclusion of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 22, in light of recent immigration-related protests and police activity in the area.
A Eucharistic procession through the streets of downtown Los Angeles had originally been planned following the pilgrimage’s 3 p.m. closing Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Instead, the procession will take place within the Cathedral Plaza “with several altar stops along the way,” according to a June 18 announcement.
Afterwards, bishops in attendance will briefly step out with the Blessed Sacrament onto Temple Street, which will be closed to traffic, “and bless the city with prayers of peace” before returning inside the Cathedral for a time of prayer and final Benediction.