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California City Will Remove St. Junipero Serra Statue from Public Grounds
Catholic News Agency ^ | 7/16/20

Posted on 07/18/2020 6:28:57 PM PDT by marshmallow

The city council of Ventura, California has voted to remove a statue of St. Junipero Serra from the grounds of city hall, amid riots and protests in other California cities that have resulted in the destruction of several statues of the saint in recent months.

The Ventura City Council voted 6-0 Wednesday evening to remove a bronze statue from outside city hall and a wooden replica inside the building, the LA Times reported.

The bronze statue of Serra is a 1989 replica of a 1936 concrete piece. Though the council’s resolution did not specify when the removal would take place, it declared that the intended destination of the statues would be the city’s San Buenaventura mission church, which St. Serra himself founded in the 18th century.

The vote coincided with Pope Francis’ July 15 announcement that the San Buenaventura mission church would be elevated to the status of minor basilica.

Across the country in recent months, protestors and rioters have pulled down statues of historic figures— some depicting Confederate figures, as part of a call to end systemic racism, but also some depicting abolitionists, and others such as George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant.

Despite Serra’s record of defending the rights of indigenous peoples, statues of the saint have become focal points for protests and demonstrations across California in recent weeks, with images of the saint being torn down or vandalized in protest of California’s colonial past.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; History; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: calif; juniperoserra; saint; saintjuniperoserra; statue; ventura

1 posted on 07/18/2020 6:28:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

...and not a shot was fired.


2 posted on 07/18/2020 6:30:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: marshmallow

It’s sad. We’re losing our history and no one cares.


3 posted on 07/18/2020 6:32:37 PM PDT by just Grace
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To: marshmallow

FGHT DANG ITS!!! FIGHT!! Good gosh folks...this is EFFIN sad!! We are quickly approaching Hitlerism!! WHERE ARE THE CALIFORNIA PATRIOTS? How about our vets? I’ve noticed not a pip from our vets? THEY should be leading the fight...any California vets there willing to form a force??? Please VETS WE NEED YOU!!


4 posted on 07/18/2020 6:38:06 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: marshmallow

Cowards. They will regret submitting to the mob.


5 posted on 07/18/2020 6:39:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (Covid is over. We have been conditioned by it. The Cultural Revolution has begun.)
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To: marshmallow

But of course. They decided to take it down so that the rioters will not do it.

What would the reaction be, if rioters tore down statues of Harvey Milk or the Homosexual Rainbow flag???? Would those violent acts be permitted??? Would a city council preemptively remove a Rainbow Flag so that rioters wouldn’t tear it down????


6 posted on 07/18/2020 6:39:34 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: marshmallow
Guess what’s next now that they quickly capitulated?
The official name of the city is San Buenaventura, but it’s just plain Ventura to most people.

The longer version of the city’s name came from Father Junipero Serra, who named the mission town in 1782 after the Italian St. Bonaventure.

There’s no way cities named after Christian saints will be able to keep their names. Especially cities that were named by Serra himself! And why would the mob allow the city to keep a mission, especially one founded by Father Serra himself?

The city council is brain dead. Do they really not understand there is no appeasing the mob? How much time do they think they are buying here? What pathetic, weak quislings.

7 posted on 07/18/2020 6:40:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: marshmallow

Is this going to sit well with the Latino population?


8 posted on 07/18/2020 6:56:45 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: marshmallow

Communists hate the Catholic Church because they can’t control it. So they are going after it brick by brick, and by fire bombing the missions. White Privileged democrats, Rich ones, want to eliminate the Catholic Church fro the United States because it reminds them they are sinners


9 posted on 07/18/2020 7:39:44 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: marshmallow
Reinventing history doesn't change the facts.
Truth will out. It always does...eventually.
10 posted on 07/18/2020 8:45:27 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: marshmallow

Christians are not allowed in public life.


11 posted on 07/18/2020 9:30:09 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: marshmallow

Need to have a vote to remove city councils


12 posted on 07/19/2020 2:04:48 AM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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