The birth of Los Cabos began during the 18th century, when Jesuit friars first established a mission at San José del Cabo.

Few symbols in California are as ubiquitous as the roadside markers shaped like mission bells that flank state highways and the streets of coastal cities from San Diego to Sonoma along the so-called ...

Picture postcards became popular in America as souvenirs and message sending devices in the late nineteenth century. Their minimal cost, portability, and accessibility enabled the tourist an ...

While California’s missions are still beloved by many people of faith, Saturday’s blaze at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel came as their legacy throughout California have been called into question. The ...

Catholics in California experienced some tumultuous and trying times last June, which saw violent mobs pull down statues of St. Junípero Serra in several major California cities and California Gov.

Nov. 21, 1950, started out as an ordinary day for 21 missionaries at a training facility in Chico. Members of New Tribes Mission had a plan: to travel to South America to convert as many people as ...

Armed with a first-class relic of St. Junípero Serra, more than 300 faithful began their pilgrimage from Mission Santa Barbara to the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, in Ventura, California, Aug.

A group of 10 Mission Viejo Christian Church missionaries who were airlifted from a Haitian orphanage Friday night are expected to arrive back home on Sunday, Jan. 17. The group includes nine adults ...