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From left, Monsignor Francis J. Weber; Ruben Mendoza, professor in the Archaeology Program, Division of Social, Behavioral and Global Studies at California State University; Rose Marie Beebe, professor of Spanish literature at Santa Clara University; and Robert Senkewicz, professor of history at Santa Clara University, talk to the media during a panel of California scholars to discuss Spanish Franciscan friar Junipero Serra's life and legacy, in Rome, Thursday, April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

California’s soon-to-be saint hailed as a man ahead of his time

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

During a tour of the Capitol in July, rabbis and imams from abroad take time to look at a statue of Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish missionary. The Muslim and Jewish clerics were on an interfaith tour of the United States. "Here in the United States, there is much more cooperation between Jews and Muslims than in Europe," said Rabbi Izhak Dayan, the chief rabbi of Geneva. (The Washington Times)

Statue of Pope Francis’ new saint could be kicked out of U.S. capitol

By Kevin J. Jones - Catholic News Agency