SERRA SAINTHOOD: A Roman Catholic tribunal in...

SERRA SAINTHOOD: A Roman Catholic tribunal in Los Angeles may be convened within the next eight weeks to consider whether Father Junipero Serra, who founded a string of missions in California including Mission San Juan Capistrano, is ready to clear the last hurdle to sainthood. . . . The panel will look into the case of a Lompoc woman who says a detached retina was miraculously healed after praying for help in the name of the 18th-Century Franciscan missionary.