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Native Americans angry.

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Pope Francis declared Junipero Serra a saint in a historic mass in Washington D.C. Wednesday. The first canonization on U.S. soil has led to protests from the Native-American community at the site of Serra's burial. Serra was a theologian known for spreading Christianity in California but is also controversial for his treatment of Native Americans under his leadership.

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