{"id":676191,"date":"2026-05-17T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676191\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:51:10","slug":"portuguese-procession-to-go-ahead-on-plateau-despite-permit-refusal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676191\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese procession to go ahead on Plateau despite permit refusal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Portuguese Santo Cristo procession will go ahead later this afternoon in Montreal after organizers say their permit was refused last week.<\/p>\n<p>Organizing member Emanuel Linhares says the group behind the procession began the permit process on Feb. 12 and only received the refusal 10 days before the event.<\/p>\n<p>He says the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough cited Quebec\u2019s new law on public prayer, though the procession is a silent march with no prayers or religious chants.<\/p>\n<p>Linhares says Montreal police confirmed last Wednesday that the march could proceed despite the borough\u2019s refusal and will be on hand to ensure security.<\/p>\n<p>He says the event draws at least 2,000 people from across Canada and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Linhares says organizers want a single, uniform approach from the city for future cultural and religious processions, saying rules vary depending on interpretation across Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>The procession will begin at Mission Santa Cruz Catholic Church on Rachel Street and follow a route through the Plateau before returning to the church.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778167391_565_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual Portuguese Santo Cristo procession will go ahead later this afternoon in Montreal after organizers say their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-676191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}