CV NEWS FEED // Bishop David Ricken of the Diocese of Green Bay denounced the inclusion of a Satanic Christmas tree in the National Railroad Museum’s Festival of Trees, calling it “offensive” and harmful to “the unity and joy that the Christmas season brings.”
The bishop’s Tuesday press release came after the Satanic Temple of Wisconsin’s tree garnered national attention and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher publicly opposed the display.
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“Allowing a traditional understanding of Christmas to be usurped and desecrated by an organization/cult is divisive during a time of the year that we come together in unity as a community,” Ricken stated.
“Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ,” he continued:
Displaying a Christmas tree with bright red lights, inverted crosses, pentagrams and other satanic symbolism, with a snake wrapped around the tree where our savior belongs, is not something families and children should be exposed to at any time, but most especially during this Christmas season. The tree is offensive and harms the unity and joy that the Christmas season brings.
The press release states that the bishop will be writing a letter to the National Railroad Museum’s Board of Directors and that he invites all people of good will to join him in contacting the Museum to express their outrage over the Satanic display.
Contact information can be found on the Museum’s website.
The Diocese of Green Bay also noted in its statement:
Now is the time to exercise our right, and our duty as faith filled residents of this area to stand up for religious truth and discourage evil. This is a time to be alert and ready (Lk 21:34-36) countering evil forces that are at play throughout the world, and within our own backyard.
Bishop Ricken also encouraged all Christians to pray the St. Michael the Archangel prayer because “prayer works miracles.”
“In Scripture we see that our Lord sends angels to assist and guide us on this journey to heaven and to overcome evil that confronts us,” he wrote.
