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Every Catholic knows that prayers to Our Lady and St. Michael the Archangel are powerful. Some protesters who showed up at a Catholic event recently also experienced that power, which was able to silence their lack of civility when they tried to disrupt the event with predominantly pro-abortion slogans and chants (as reported by CNA).
It happened during the annual meeting of the Napa Institute, held this past July 29-31 in California. The institute provides support for Catholic initiatives in American society.
Participants at the event shared on social media how, during the keynote speech of the event, protesters appeared and began making noise and trying to disrupt the meeting.
In one of these videos, published by the Fathers of Mercy, Father Ken Geraci relates what happened:
Here’s a video that shows the moment when they sang the Salve Regina.
