In California, Junipero Serra’s Carmel Mission to be restored for historic site’s 250th anniversary
RNS After a difficult year in which the early Californian missionary was vilified as a slaver and a toxic proselytiser and his statues were pulled down in raucous demonstrations, Junipero Serra is getting a little support. A $US4 million restoration project at the Carmel Mission, founded in 1771 by the 18th-century Franciscan priest and saint, is expected […]