On Sunday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was the only member of the Supreme Courtroom to hitch lots of of different Washingtonians at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for the Pink Mass, a ceremony usually held on the Sunday earlier than the primary Monday in October, the opening of the excessive court docket’s time period. The aim of the ritual, which on the Washington cathedral dates to 1953, is to “invoke God’s blessings on these chargeable for the administration of justice in addition to on all public officers,” in keeping with the occasion’s program.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/native/on-eve-of-huge-supreme-court-term-a-prayer-from-on-high/2021/10/03/88910f60-2464-11ec-8d53-67cfb452aa60_story.html | Pink Mass at Catholic church in DC affords blessings forward of Supreme Courtroom time period
