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Saint Serra canonization reshapes San Juan Capistrano
Masses echoed across Serra Chapel as Father Junipero Serra was canonized, drawing locals and visitors from Los Angeles to Poway to witness the pope’s decision by way of a TV screen. Cantors sang while attendees reflected on Serra’s founding of missions along the California coast and the new “universal” Catholic identity for the town and its parish.
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Father Junipero Serra
Dees
Mateas
Laguna Niguel
D.C
Serra
San Juan Capistrano
California Coast
Francis
West Coast
Mechelle Lawrence Adams
Serra Chapel
Mission
California
Noel
Charisse Pascual
Los Angeles
Noel Pascual
Romulo Torres
Poway
Washington
Stephen Ashby
Tom Hunn
Hunn
Lawrence Adams
Leonard Ortiz
Pope Francis