SAN FRANCISCO -- Pope Francis' apology for the Roman Catholic Church's crimes against indigenous peoples has not softened opposition among some California American Indians to his decision to canonize ...

Pope Francis announced this month he plans to canonize and elevate to sainthood Father Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest who famously founded nine of the California missions.

WASHINGTON (KABC) -- Pope Francis is getting a lot of attention in the United States for many reasons. When it comes to California, it's because of the canonization of Father Junipero Serra, which ...

Extending a cultural fight that started years ago, Caltrans has quietly demolished a statue of 18th-century missionary and Catholic saint Junipero Serra that had overlooked Interstate 280 in ...

We are marking 10 years since the historic moment on Sept. 23, 2015, when Junípero Serra (1713-1784), the founder of the California missions, was raised to the altars. Junípero Serra was canonized at ...

Pope Francis canonized the first saint in North America -- Junipero Serra -- on Wednesday afternoon at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., before a ...

Native Americans, who are opposing the canonization of Junipero, have staged protests in California and there is a move to remove his statue from the U.S. Capitol. They say he helped wipe out native ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday defended Pope Francis's decision to canonise Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest who founded missions in California, against ...

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- Pope Francis began his first full day in the United States with a special ceremony at the White House, followed by a parade through Washington's streets and a canonization Mass for ...

California transportation officials say the Serra statue failed program standards; Archbishop Cordileone says Catholics were shut out of the decision. San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone ...