Deborah A. Miranda, a professor of American literature at Washington and Lee University who is part Native American, stated that "Serra did not just bring us Christianity. He imposed it, giving us no choice in the matter. He did incalculable damage to a whole culture".

Corine Fairbanks of the American Indian Movement proclaimed: "For too long the mission system has been glorified as these wonderful moments of California's golden era. That is not true. They were concentration camps. They were places of death.

There is no such thing as a saint and the simple fact is that many people deemed saints are those that excelled in doing the church's bidding. Mother Teresa baptising non-Catholics is a prime example.

I have been listen to Heather Cox Richardson's youtube series 'The American Paradox'. She is a history professor. here's the link to the first part. The rest will just show up on the right hand menu.

As they should! Many of us were furious when he was made a saint. Because of him, hundreds of thousands of native peoples died, enslaved.