{"id":148582,"date":"2021-01-06T00:33:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-radicals-who-defaced-st-patricks-cathedral-are-pure-bigots\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T00:33:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:33:16","slug":"the-radicals-who-defaced-st-patricks-cathedral-are-pure-bigots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-radicals-who-defaced-st-patricks-cathedral-are-pure-bigots\/","title":{"rendered":"#The radicals who defaced St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral are pure bigots"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The radicals who defaced St. Patrick\u2019s Cathedral are pure bigots<\/strong>”
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To adapt the \u201cSilent Night\u201d refrain, all was calm, all was bright over the Christmas holidays. And then came the news<\/a> that Saint Patrick\u2019s Cathedral \u2014 America\u2019s parish church, the cathedral cherished by Gothamites of any faith or none at all \u2014 had been defaced with vile graffiti attacking both the Catholic faith and the men and women of the New York Police Department.<\/p>\n

You may recall that a similar outrage occurred last summer amid the sad violence afflicting American cities. At that time, I let it go, figuring I needn\u2019t stoke the embers of anger that were burning throughout our country.<\/p>\n

Not this time. As a woman from The Bronx e-mailed me to say: \u201cCardinal Dolan, it\u2019s time we learn from our Jewish and Islamic neighbors. A synagogue or mosque is defaced, and they are quick to condemn it. The governor and the mayor would join in. They\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n

So is she. This attack on Saint Patrick\u2019s was ugly and unlawful.<\/p>\n

Another e-mail, from a man in Manhattan, commented: \u201cIn a way, maybe we should be complimented. All anarchists realize that civilization and the common good are built on a reverence for the true, the good and the beautiful. No wonder they deface the cathedral, which embodies all three.\u201d<\/p>\n

But knowing that doesn\u2019t allay my hurt and disapp<\/a>ointment.<\/p>\n

That cathedral, in a towering way, professes that all life matters, as we are all made in God\u2019s image and likeness. For the religion that claims Saint Patrick\u2019s as its mother church in these acres of the Lord\u2019s vineyard called the Archdiocese of New York, \u201cblack lives matter\u201d in a dramatic way.<\/p>\n

This is more than mere lip service, as we help thousands of black and minority children leave poverty through our acclaimed inner-city schools; as we present minority women the choice of birth for their preborn babies, rather than continue the genocide of unfettered abortion; as we provide ongoing support after birth for both mother and child; as we concentrate on feeding the poor, drug-addiction recovery, assistance to those on parole and health care through our Catholic Charities and Archcare; as we bring the gift of the Sacraments and true community and sustenance to dozens of vibrant but financially struggling parishes in our most challenged areas.<\/p>\n

I propose these irrational protesters should be bringing to the cathedral letters of gratitude and offers to assist us in our ministry, not ignorant, hateful, defacing slogans.<\/p>\n

Still, I\u2019m honored to be coupled with the brave women and men of the NYPD in those ugly insults sprayed on the stones of the cathedral. They, too, dedicate themselves to serving all New Yorkers, often risking their own health, safety or even their lives.<\/p>\n

In these last 12 years that I have been privileged to serve as archbishop, I\u2019ve spent a good chunk of time meeting with, listening to and working together with thoughtful leaders and advocates of all races and religions, making some progress in addressing social<\/a> iniquity and inherent racism in our city and culture. That is helpful, necessary and productive, and we will continue our work, as we must.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtestors\u201d who snicker and posture for the cameras as they defile the cathedral are neither helpful nor productive. Many are quick to say that our culture needs to change and be held accountable for the problems we encounter. Well, those who break the law and scrawl their graffiti on a house of worship must also be held to account for their actions.<\/p>\n

Back in the 1850s, thugs called \u201cKnow-Nothings,\u201d who bragged about their hatred for Catholics, Jews, blacks and immigrants, publicly vowed to burn down what we now call \u201cOld Saint Patrick\u2019s Cathedral\u201d in lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n

I dare you, replied my predecessor of blessed memory, Archbishop John Hughes: A thousand armed men are protecting our churches. Try it, he dared them. (Spoiler alert: They didn\u2019t dare try it.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not about to follow the example of \u201cDagger John,\u201d although I can well understand his position. No, as Pope Francis and the world\u2019s great religious traditions, including Islam and Judaism and people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, teach us, reason, love, dialogue are the way, not guns, firebombs or spray paint. It\u2019s what Jesus taught, too, and he faced far worse than graffiti.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Timothy Cardinal Dolan is the archbishop of New York.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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