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Sacred Spaces
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O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
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Stop the slander of Junipero Serra
Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone and José H. Gomez, Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
California lawmakers have passed legislation to replace a statue of St. Junípero Serra at the Capitol in Sacramento with a new monument honoring the state’s native peoples. The Serra statue has been in storage since it was torn down by protesters in July 2020. A humble 18th-century Franciscan priest, Serra would surely approve of a new monument honoring the indigenous Californians he spent his life serving. Unfortunately, the legislature has gone further, slandering his name and pushing a false narrative about the mission period in California.