Tipscommissar stumbles on it when he writes "First, what has the Catholic Church got to do with the war? Nothing!"

And that's precisely the problem.

Want to know what the lay Catholic peace groups who have been marching in antiwar parades, organizing vigils and and rallies, speaking out, bearing witness, and yes, conducting civil disobdience during the past 5 years think about the protest at Holy Name?

Ask them before you presume to speak for them.