UPDATE: Catholics plan prayer rally for 4:30 p.m. today

Pacific Daily News
March 25, 2015

http://www.guampdn.com/article/20150325/NEWS01/150325003/UPDATE-Catholics-plan-prayer-rally-4-30-p-m-today

Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica.

A prayer rally is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today in Hagatna, in an effort to heal a division within the local Catholic community, according to one of the organizers.

The gathering will be held on the front steps of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagatna and everyone, including Archbishop Anthony Apuron and people from other faiths, are invited.

Lou Klitzkie, one of the organizers, said the rally is part of the lay Catholics' efforts to try to heal the division in the local Catholic community. Over the past several months, many of the island's Catholics have been divided by a line in which one side supports the Neocatechumenal Way movement and those who want to keep the old traditions of the local Catholic church.

Klitzkie said she hopes the prayer rally will get the attention of the Vatican to help heal the rift.

One of the more recent controversies in the local Catholic church involve the recent arrest of a young priest, Luis Camacho, who was accused of "custodial interference" over a 17-year-old girl. Camacho has resigned from being pastor of the Malesso and San Dionisio parishes.

Klitzkie said the prayer rally will not mention Camacho, but will offer prayers for the overall healing of the Catholic community on Guam.