LINCOLN, Nebraska (LifeSiteNews) – Days before Easter, the Catholic Bishop of Lincoln, Bishop James Conley, once again led Catholics and pro-lifers in public prayers and processions outside Lincoln’s Planned Parenthood facility.
For the fourth year, Bishop Conley led fellow Catholics in a Eucharistic procession while walking around the Planned Parenthood facility in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hundreds of Catholics young and old joined the bishop, as parishes across the diocese were encouraged to join in the procession.
Catholic schools were also encouraged to join in and to allow children to leave classes in order to join the procession. A number of seminarians and clergy from the diocese were also in attendance.
As one parish newsletter read: “Eucharistic Procession Around Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, April 12th at 2pm. Bishop Conley will be leading the Procession. Tuesdays are abortion days in Lincoln. Please join the Bishop this Holy Week to pray for the conversion of hearts and the closing of Planned Parenthood.”
The public devotions were held on Tuesday of Holy Week, April 12, as Tuesday is the day normally scheduled for Planned Parenthood to perform abortions. The procession was organized in conjunction with Lincoln Right to Life (LRTL), which holds a weekly prayer vigil outside the facility on Tuesdays throughout the year. Lincoln Right to Life is a “nonprofit organization representing all faiths.” The group provides pro-life education and support, as well as conducting regular prayer vigils for the end of abortion.
Mike Davis, the president of LRTL, told LifeSiteNews that around 250 people attended the Eucharistic procession. “Lincoln Diocese is so fortunate to have such a pro-life Bishop,” said Davis. “He often prays early in the morning on Abortion Tuesdays in front of Planned Parenthood. He has been bishop in Lincoln for 10 years and every year except 2020 has prayed the Stations of the Cross in front of Planned Parenthood on Good Friday.”
Days later, on Good Friday, Bishop Conley also led a public recitation of the traditional devotion of the Stations of the Cross, again while walking outside the abortion center. He was joined by around 75 people, on what was the 10th annual Good Friday stations of the Cross outside the abortion facility.
Both the Eucharistic procession and the Stations of the Cross have been led by the bishop since 2018, when at the initial procession some 2,000 people attended. Bishop Conley also performs exorcisms upon the abortion center throughout the year, in conjunction with other priests who join him outside the center.