An Eyewitness Account from Notre Dame Protest

I'll be absolutely frank, it was clear this was a satanic war.

SOUTH BEND (Catholic Online) - Father Corapi spoke to a St. Pius group Saturday night in Granger, IN. This was his first time out in two years. He came to support Bishop D'Arcy who Corapi described as tired and worn out from the battle.

Father Corapi said this fight for life has serious consequences. In his deep authoritative commanding voice he said, "Outside this Church is a police car and inside this Church are two armed policeman and along with that I have to have body guards. Why? People want to kill me for my stance against abortion."

He paused looked at the crowd and in a deep voice said, "I would be happy to take a bullet if it saves just one babies life. We have to have a backbone in this fight for life."

Sunday, Notre Dame Campus

Outside the main gate to campus: Alan Keyes was let out of jail. I listened to him debate another pro-lifer on a street corner. The other pro-lifers said to Keyes his ways of protest were drawing too much negative press. Keys responded, "This is a civil rights issue".

He said, "My hero Dr. Martin Luther King had he just tried to be quiet we wouldn't have a black president today. He said in a raised passionate voice, " The same names the people were calling King are the names people are calling me today. This is a war for the life of babies that we must be passionate about."

I'll be absolutely frank, it was clear this was a satanic war. Outside the gates of the university. There were nearly 1200 protesters. Not the 350 the press reported. There were marked police cars every 1/4 mile.

The police tailed one of the pro-life trucks plastered with aborted baby pictures wherever it went. It couldn't make a move without a police car. Pro Obama people were there taunting protesters telling a woman she was a b**** and were f**** racist pigs if they didn't like Obama. I am certain if Obama knew this he too would have been sad.

It was cool day; as I walked down the side walk, a strange feeling of evil overcame me. It was a strange overpowering feeling. I approached two people both all in black with black hooded sweatshirts. I kept my distance. Just as I got close I saw on a female on her unnatural pale white skin a small skull. I had no evidence of evil other then the skull and more importantly the feeling.

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Mixed in with the pro-lifers was a group of about 10 with shabby looking brown cardboard signs. They looked like skin heads. On their signs were the words, "stop abortion now" on the last line was, "except for blacks". They had an eerie evil smile to them. Why was Alan Keyes arrested but these people were left alone?

On the campus it was peaceful. It was such a contrast to what was occurring at the gates.

At the "counter-graduation",after the talks, another 1,000 people all knelt down in the soft grass to say a rosary. The seniors and invited guests went to the grotto to say a rosary with Father Pavone. There were another 300 there. The grotto rosary was broadcast over a PA system on closed circuit TV. How lovely. After going through the "evilness" it was so wonderful to kneel to pray the most powerful prayer.

A friend of mine and I commented after the Rosary. While we didn't really like the Randall Terry approach we both realized his approach is necessary. We compared it to a battle plan.

You need to attack from the air force, from the navy and from the army. Each corp. thinks their way is better. Everyone knows though, the marines are the best. Randall Terry believes his way is best, the peaceful demonstrators believe their way is best, the prayer warriors believe their way is best. Realistically each is important as long as each is done with fervor and in love.

You cannot sit on the side lines.

Father Corapi said we are coming to a time that we will be persecuted for going to mass. We better start building our spiritual muscles now.

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Rick Copenhaver is a regular reader of Catholic online who sent this eyewitness account unsolicited. If you would like to be considered to submit articles or be a "reporter on the ground" for Catholic Online, please send your submission to deaconfournier@catholic.org

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