5 Heroes of American Catholicism
Charles and John Carroll, St. Junípero Serra, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and Venerable Fulton Sheen profoundly affected the United States and its citizens.
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Where Is St. Junípero Serra? Mystery Over Missing Freeway Landmark
California transportation officials say the Serra statue failed program standards; Archbishop Cordileone says Catholics were shut out of the decision.
S.F. Archbishop Says State Officials Never Contacted Him About Removal of St. Junípero Serra Statue
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s account flatly contradicts the California Department of Transport’s narrative; no response from state agency.
Taking Down St. Junípero Serra
COMMENTARY: Mobs bent on erasing US history in California have focused their ire on the saintly Spanish missionary.
Mission to Mission: California Faithful Retrace Steps of St. Junípero Serra
‘Serra Walking Pilgrimage’ highlights devotion to ‘Apostle of California.’
St. Junípero Serra is a Great American Hero
“Everything he did, from the time he was a boy, was to promote the Catholic Church.”
Rare 1776 St. Junípero Serra Letter Fails to Sell at New York Auction
The document is not only an artifact of California history but also a second-class relic, as Serra was canonized in 2015, making him one of only 11 North American saints.
St. Junípero Serra Statue Destroyed at California State Capitol
In a July 5 statement, Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento said that while “the group’s actions may have been meant to draw attention to the sorrowful, angry memories over California’s past,” their “act of vandalism does little to build the future.”
16 Short Lessons From the Indomitable St. Junípero Serra
One can learn a lot about how to be an evangelizer from the great Apostle of California
Archbishops Criticize ‘Outrageous’ Claims Against St. Junipero Serra
St. Junipero Serra, the archbishops noted, traveled 2,000 miles to Mexico City when he was aged and infirm “to demand that authorities adopt a native bill of rights he had written.”
