The Catholic Church in California is under attack! If you don't believe me, read on.

In the lead up to Serra's canonization in September 2015, California state Senator Ricardo Lara proposed removing Serra’s statue from the National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol. Memorials of the 18th-century Franciscan who brought Catholic Christianity to California have been vandalized six times since his canonization—at Monterey, twice in Carmel, in Mission Hills, Old Mission Santa Barbara, and Mission San Gabriel. The front wooden doors and a side wall at Mission Santa Cruz were spray painted in red with the message “Serra St. of Genocide” and just yesterday, another house of worship, Mission Santa Barbara, was vandalized. Very soon, Stanford University will rid its campus of any reference to Serra.

What can you do? First, sign the petition! Next, contact police & politicians where these attacks have taken place and ask them how investigations are going with these probable hate crimes. #StopH8