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In reply to the discussion: Harvard president calls planned Black Mass 'abhorrent' [View all]struggle4progress
(118,502 posts)By Travis Andersen, Laura Crimaldi and Jacqueline Tempera
May 12, 2014
A reenactment of satanic rituals known as a black mass that had been scheduled to take place this evening on the Harvard campus has been moved to an undetermined location off university property ...
It was not immediately clear where the mass will be held. Some media outlets had reported that it was being moved to the Middle East club in Central Square, but a spokesman for the club said they had decided against hosting the event ...
At the time that the student organization is hosting its event, <Harvard University President Drew> Faust said she will attend a service at St. Pauls Church in Cambridge organized by the Boston Archdiocese. Faust said she is going to join others in reaffirming our respect for the Catholic faith at Harvard ...
Nearly 60,000 students, alumni, and faculty members signed a petition against the services, according to a statement released by Harvard Rhodes Scholar Aurora Griffin ...
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/12/cardinal-sean-malley-expresses-disappointment-harvard-decision-allow-black-mass-campus/tUjYx2817C65LAHousRIeP/story.html