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NY Catholic University Cancels Columbus Day – HotAir

The holy wars have not been canceled yet, despite what you may have heard on cable news. In New York City, the largest Catholic school in the Big Apple recently canceled the celebration of Columbus Day. That would be St. John’s, which you may have thought would be the one place where such traditions might be honored. That’s not the case, however. At issue is the university’s decision to “cancel” Columbus Day. Why? Because it doesn’t pay sufficient homage to Native Americans Day, of course. So Columbus has been politicized out of existence at St. John’s. (NY Post)

St. John’s — New York’s largest Catholic university — has gone woke and no longer refers to Monday’s holiday as “Christopher Columbus Day’’ in honor of the explorer hailed as a devout Christian.

Some Italian-American civic leaders and alumni are now ripping the Catholic institution for dissing the famous…

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