Columbus Statue, Removed “Under Cover of Night” in Norwalk, Was Centerpiece of St. Mary’s Celebration

Under the prior management of St Mary’s parish, a Columbus day procession to this nearby statue was an annual event. Above is a set of pictures from the 2009 procession. It features several prominent former members of the parish, living and deceased, clerical and lay (including the current pastor and his two predecessors).

Now the statue is summarily removed. The current pastor of St Mary’s says nothing. The bishop of Bridegeport says nothing. And the Knights of Columbus (will they be changing their name soon, along with their uniform?) say nothing as well. Even though they have all the big mouths of Cruxnow on their retainer.

Will Catholics finally wake up? Does this not tell you what the American establishment (of which the mayor of Norwalk, CT is a petty peon) actually thinks of you? You should have learned that lesson a long time ago – by 1973 (Roe v. Wade) at the latest. And the lessons about the “American Catholic Church” are too obvious to require commentary.

UPDATE:

A measure to protect the statue? Iconoclasts had that strategem figured out 1200 years ago when initiating an iconoclastic revival:

…(The emperor) Leo (V) determined to act on his own account, but he did so in a typically tortuous and underhand way. The scene chosen was the Chalke Gate of the palace where, eighty-eight years before, Leo III had pulled down the picture of the Saviour. This picture had been restored by Irene, but was now to be desecrated once more. On secret orders of the emperor, some guardsmen gathered at the porch and began to throw stones and mud at the image, uttering the most fearful imprecations. Out came the emperor: “We had better take that down,” he said, “lest the soldiery dishonor it.” And down it came.

Jenkins, Romilly, Byzantium: the Imperial Centuries A.D. 610-1071 at 134-135 (Random House, New York, 1966)