Angelus News | August 2-9, 2019 | Vol. 4 No. 27
A nationwide trend pushing to remove tributes to certain historical figures of U.S. history has seized on a new, unlikely target: the bells lining California’s iconic El Camino Real. The reason? The belief that Spanish missionaries — among them St. Junípero Serra — were oppressors, captors, and even murderers of California’s first peoples. On Page 10, renowned historian Gregory Orfalea examines the most common critiques of the Spanish evangelization of California and makes the case for why the bells represent a legacy of love, not oppression.
A nationwide trend pushing to remove tributes to certain historical figures of U.S. history has seized on a new, unlikely target: the bells lining California’s iconic El Camino Real. The reason? The belief that Spanish missionaries — among them St. Junípero Serra — were oppressors, captors, and even murderers of California’s first peoples. On Page 10, renowned historian Gregory Orfalea examines the most common critiques of the Spanish evangelization of California and makes the case for why the bells represent a legacy of love, not oppression.
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Don’t forget Syria<br />
Pope Francis urged Syrian President<br />
Bashar Assad to put an end to his<br />
country’s eight-year-long conflict and<br />
seek reconciliation for the good of the<br />
nation and its vulnerable people.<br />
“The Holy Father asks the president<br />
to do everything possible to put an<br />
end to this humanitarian catastrophe,<br />
in order to protect the defenseless<br />
population, especially those who<br />
are most vulnerable, in respect for<br />
international humanitarian law,”<br />
said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican<br />
secretary of state.<br />
The Vatican press office said July 22<br />
that Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of<br />
the Dicastery for Promoting Integral<br />
Human Development, and Cardinal<br />
Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio to<br />
Syria, met that morning with Assad in<br />
Damascus.<br />
During the meeting, Turkson gave<br />
the president the pope’s letter, which<br />
expresses “Pope Francis’ deep concern<br />
for the humanitarian situation<br />
in Syria,” particularly for civilians in<br />
the province of Idlib, read a written<br />
statement from the new director of the<br />
Vatican press office, Matteo Bruni.<br />
The United Nations said conditions<br />
in Syria were “alarming” for millions<br />
of civilians.<br />
Nearly 12 million people were in<br />
need of humanitarian aid and 5<br />
million more civilians were in serious<br />
need.<br />
The increased crisis was due to intensified<br />
fighting between the Syrian<br />
government and rebels in Idlib, where<br />
the 3 million people who live there<br />
have essentially become trapped in a<br />
Papal Prayer Intention for <strong>August</strong>: That families, through their life of prayer<br />
and love, become ever more clearly “schools of true human growth.”<br />
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battle zone.<br />
Needed infrastructure has been<br />
destroyed, at least 350 civilians reportedly<br />
have been killed, and more than<br />
330,000 people have been displaced<br />
by the conflict.<br />
In an interview with Andrea Tornielli,<br />
editorial director for the Dicastery<br />
for Communication, Parolin said the<br />
pope wrote the letter because of his<br />
concern for the “emergency humanitarian<br />
situation” there.<br />
“The pope follows with apprehension<br />
and great sorrow the tragic fate<br />
of the civilian population, children<br />
in particular, caught up in the bloody<br />
fighting. ...”<br />
Detailing some of the specific<br />
requests the pope made in the letter,<br />
the cardinal said the pope renewed his<br />
appeal “for the protection of civilian<br />
life and the preservation of the main<br />
infrastructures, such as schools, hospitals,<br />
and health facilities.”<br />
The pope’s concern is not politically<br />
motivated, he added, but reflects a desire<br />
for a “climate of fraternity” in the<br />
hopes that reconciliation “may prevail<br />
over division and hatred.”<br />
Parolin said the Vatican has long<br />
called for “an appropriate political<br />
solution to end the conflict, overcoming<br />
partisan interests” that is done<br />
“using the instruments of diplomacy,<br />
dialogue, and negotiation, along with<br />
the assistance of the international<br />
community.” <br />
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