CNA Staff, Jul 24, 2020 / 16:19 pm
A Spanish bishop recently celebrated Mass in the church where St. Junipero Serra was baptized, defending the saint's legacy against those who have accused him of racism.
Bishop Sebastià Taltavull of Mallorca, Spain, recently visited Petra, on the Mediterranean island of Majorca, the hometown of St. Junipero Serra.
He said the saint has suffered a great injustice in the vandalism of his statues, both in the U.S. and in Mallorca.
Across the U.S. 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.