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Archbishop Cordileone denounces anti-Catholic violence after vandals damage historic mission

The San Francisco archbishop expressed concern about the escalation of criminal activity in America against Catholic churches and law enforcement's reluctance to do anything about it.

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Louis Knuffke

• Jun 6, 2023Jun 7, 2023

Lawsuit challenges school district’s decision to remove name of St. Junipero Serra

San Diego residents argued the school district was engaging in “cancel culture,” discriminating against Catholicism and ignoring the citizens who wanted Serra’s name to remain.

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Isabella Childs

• Jul 27, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Citizens sue California city for removing saint’s statue from City Hall

Locals have rallied to bring home the statue of their saintly founder, squirreled away by city officials and police at three o'clock in the morning.

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Thrin Short

• Aug 10, 2020Jun 18, 2021

California city threatened with lawsuit for wanting to ax saint’s image from county seal, police badges

'For all Catholics, the only reasonable way to view the attacks on Fr. Serra is to see them as assaults by those who hate Catholics,' one of the attorneys pursuing the suit declared.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Aug 5, 2020Jun 18, 2021

California city removes statue of saint under cover of darkness

Ventura city officials began removing the statue of St. Junipero Serra at 3 AM

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Mary Rose

• Jul 24, 2020Jun 18, 2021

California city council caves to mob, votes to remove statue of Catholic saint

Voices in favor of the destruction of Junipero Serra statues have accused the Spanish missionary of having committed numerous crimes.

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Paul Smeaton

• Jul 17, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Mobs don’t have the right to decide which statues come down

The life of every individual includes both good and bad. As good people can do bad things, bad people can do good things (though not necessarily for the best of motives). People are complex beings.

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Fr. Michael P. Orsi

• Jul 1, 2020Apr 22, 2024

California archbishop performs exorcism on site of St. Junipero Serra statue desecration

Abp. Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said the statue of St. Junípero Serra had been 'blasphemously torn down' and that an 'act of sacrilege' had occurred.

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Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Jun 29, 2020Apr 22, 2024

Catholics, now is our ‘moment’ to defend our statues, our churches, our faith

The true Catholic moment is never when the world welcomes our faith with cries of ‘Hosannah,’ but when the faith is nailed to the Cross

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Jason Scott Jones

• Jun 26, 2020Jul 30, 2021

Catholic youths heroically stop California mob from tearing down saint’s statue

The young Catholics placed themselves between the vandals and the statue of Saint Junipero Serra located at Ventura city hall in California

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Pete Baklinski

• Jun 25, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Junipero Serra

Archbishop Cordileone denounces anti-Catholic violence after vandals damage historic mission

Lawsuit challenges school district’s decision to remove name of St. Junipero Serra

Citizens sue California city for removing saint’s statue from City Hall

California city threatened with lawsuit for wanting to ax saint’s image from county seal, police badges

California city removes statue of saint under cover of darkness

California city council caves to mob, votes to remove statue of Catholic saint

Mobs don’t have the right to decide which statues come down

California archbishop performs exorcism on site of St. Junipero Serra statue desecration

Catholics, now is our ‘moment’ to defend our statues, our churches, our faith

Catholic youths heroically stop California mob from tearing down saint’s statue