In a speech that infuriated the liberal media, the president warned that there is a 'merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children' and decried the 'new far-left fascism that demands absolute allegiance.'
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.
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.
Black Lives Matter protestors also want St. Louis, Missouri to change its name. St. Louis IX is the only king of France to be canonized, and is known for ending trial by combat and replacing it with trial by jury.