Amid a national debate and sometimes violent reckoning on race and racism in 2020, Serra was singled out by California activists as a symbol of colonialism and oppression. View of Father Serra Statue ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

In the United States Capitol Building, each state is allowed to send two statues to commemorate significant figures from that state. California is currently represented by President Ronald Reagan and ...

From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? By Laila Lalami The fire broke out one day after $200,000 in ...

A giant statue of Saint Junipero Serra towered over I-280 in Hillsborough for five decades. Without any big announcements, California Department of Transportation crews suddenly removed and demolished ...

A piece of California history that dates to 1776 is going up for auction in New York City later this month. A two-page letter by Father Junipero Serra, regarded as the father of the California mission ...