May 15, 1769: Portola, the Rev. Junipero Serra, 11 soldiers, five muleteers and 12 Christian Indians set out with 200 cattle ...

The captain had poorly drawn maps and took 110 days ... Most of the missions were returned to the Catholic Church after California became part of the United State in 1850. Sources: California ...

In the wake of his death, and the collective mourning it’s inspired, I reached out to Catholic leaders across Southern California ... at the heart of LMU’s mission. I found particular ...

But some Indigenous leaders criticized him as slow to fully recognize the traumatic impact of Catholic missionary ... Serra founded California’s historic missions, where thousands of Native ...

He had come to the Capitol at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, a devout Catholic ... missionary who founded missions in what is now California. The pope then walked out ...

Elected officials and staff from Brampton, Ont., went to Japan, the Philippines and London, England, in the latest round of ...

Mass layoffs: A federal judge in California called for a two-week pause in the Trump administration’s mass layoff plans, ...

In an exclusive interview with Maariv, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest and a professor at Georgetown University, discussed his urgent mission ... interactive map on the Yahad ...

Learn about the inspiring mission of the Black Creatives of Pitt County group in Greenville, learn about laser cut maps at Blue Rose Printing in Blounts Creek, and find out how you can save on amazing ...

But his service in the Catholic Church stretches beyond the ... Pope Leo XIV moved to Peru in 1985 to serve in the Augustinian mission in the area of Chulucanas. He stayed there for 13 years ...

In a prepared statement, Broglio said that Francis, who was elected pope in March 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI's surprise resignation, "renewed for us the mission ... Catholic institutions across ...