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September 28, 2015

CA: Junípero Serra Statue Toppled After Controversial Canonization 
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In California, people have splashed paint on headstones and toppled the
statue of Junípero Serra in a Catholic mission in Carmel, following
Pope Francis' controversial decision to canonize the 18th-century
Spanish missionary. The canonization has drawn strong protest from many
indigenous groups. At the mission, "greed" was written on a cross, and
the words "saint of genocide" were scrawled on a headstone. The Carmel
police say they are investigating the incident as a hate crime because
people targeted "specifically the headstones of people of European
descent, and not Native American descent."

 

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