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by bcadmin | Oct 10, 2022 | Christopher Columbus, Church History, Columbus Day, Featured, Knights of Columbus, News | 0 |
Today, Christopher Columbus is calumniated as a harbinger of disease, death, and enslavement of indigenous peoples. In the riots of 2020, his statues were pulled down across the nation amidst increasing calls to “cancel” the federal holiday in his honor. Meanwhile, a petition circulated around Columbus, Ohio to rename the city “Flavortown” in honor of […]
by bcadmin | Sep 26, 2021 | Archdiocese of Portland, Christopher Columbus, Indigenous peoples, News, Vandalism | 0 |
In anticipation of possible vandalism by anarchist and/or Antifa groups over Columbus Day weekend, members of Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland plan to pray in eucharistic adoration and keep watch on church grounds the nights of Oct. 8-11.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2021 | 15th-century Florence, 2021, Beeldenstorm 1566, Brad Miner, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christopher Columbus, Columns, decline of religion in The Netherlands, Fra Girolamo Savonarola, Iconoclasm and Unintended Consequences, junipero serra, King George III, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, News, Robert E. Lee, The Catholic Thing, toppled statues | 0 |
Brad Miner: Over time, essential connections can be lost. Maybe not forever, but possibly so. This is the danger of the mere tearing down.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christopher Columbus, Church in the US, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mother Cabrini, New York, News | 0 |
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo observed Columbus Day on Monday by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2020 | Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Associated Press, Christopher Columbus, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Mexico, News, Statues | 0 |
Mexicans have never had much affection for Cristopher Columbus, and officials were being coy about why his statue was removed from the capital’s main boulevard over the weekend before Monday’s observances of Columbus Day, which saw protests in several Latin American nations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 12, 2020 | 2020, alleged Taíno genocide, Battelli, Bigarani, Brad Miner, Brioschi, Caroni, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Chiaromonte, Christopher Columbus, Ciochetti, Colbertaldo, Columbus statue Columbus OHIO, Columns, Dattelli, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty, Giaroli, Goodbye Columbus, Incrapera, Legnaioli, Lying for Justice?, Matthew 7:1-2, Mazzola, Miserendino, News, Polizzi, Rivalta, Robert Royal’s Columbus and the Crisis of the West, sculptor Edoardo Alfieri, Solani, Spampinato, The Catholic Thing, Wikipedia, Zamora | 0 |
Brad Miner: A simple look at history makes clear we should honor Christopher Columbus on this his day; not deny his greatness and destroy his reputation.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christopher Columbus, Church in the US, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mother Cabrini, New York, News | 0 |
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will mark Columbus Day by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 18, 2020 | Antifa, Black Lives Matter, Christopher Columbus, Featured, News, Politics, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
TRIGGER WARNING: Ultra-sensitive readers may feel microagressed by some or all of the views expressed in this article. Please go immediately to your nearest safe space to regain your composure via the use of stuffed animal, play dough, chocolate milk, and videos of puppies, kittens, and bunnies. Attacks on statues and monuments around the developed […]
by bcadmin | Aug 13, 2020 | Christopher Columbus, Church, Father McGivney, Featured, Knights of Columbus, News, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
They were one of the first American fraternal societies not to prohibit black membership in their constitution. During World War I, with the slogan “Everybody Welcome, Everything Free” atop their doors, they managed the only racially integrated facilities available to American troops, three decades before the U.S. military integrated its ranks. And they were described […]
by bcadmin | Jul 22, 2020 | Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore, Black Lives Matter, Carl Anderson, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christopher Columbus, Church in the US, George Floyd, Knights of Columbus, News, Statues | 0 |
Weeks after protesters toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, members of the city’s Italian American community are developing a plan to reproduce the marble monument so it can be displayed in a more secure location.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2020 | Christopher Columbus, News, Statue, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Weeks after protesters toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, members of the city’s Italian American community are developing a plan to reproduce the marble monument so it can be displayed in a more secure location.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2020 | Catholic Living, Christopher Columbus, Featured, News, slavery, St. Junipero Serra, Weekly Headlines | 0 |
Progressives eagerly remind America of its past of slavery and racism. So much so that The New York Times’ 1619 Project literally dates America that way, defining the country’s start by the year 1619 (rather than 1620 or 1776), with the arrival of the first Africans to Virginia that year. Mobs target statues of everyone […]
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