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Saint-to-be Not So Saintly?

NPR
Published September 18, 2015 at 1:50 PM CDT

In the 1700s, soon-to-be saint Junípero Serra helped Spain colonize California by converting thousands of Native Americans to Catholicism. Many blame him for destroying the indigenous way of life.

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