Here in the brooding desert and high mesas, two sacred worlds collided: the Catholicism of the Spanish friars and the spirit-filled religion of the indigenous peoples known as the Pueblos.

Here in the brooding desert and high mesas, two sacred worlds collided: the Catholicism of the Spanish friars and the spirit-filled religion of the indigenous peoples known as the Pueblos.

The first settlers were the Spanish friars, who arrived in 1776 to establish a mission in the area. Their efforts to convert the Ohlone into loyal, docile Christians and use them as a source of slave ...

The San Diego Padres’ name is a tribute to the city’s history, with the team’s name coming from the Franciscan Friars who ...