. >> reporter: for corinna gould, this is sacred ground.estors are buried here in unmarked graves. for her, serra left a brutal legacy in his drive to baptize indians. >> once you were baptized and you became catholic i don't recollect you lost your freedom. you become the property of the chunk. >> serra doesn't see that. he sees indians as naked and hungry, hungering for food and for salvation in christ. >> reporter: steven hackel says serra is seen as a founding father. his presence is everywhere. >> i think the pope is trying to open up an understanding of our american origin. it's catholic priests throughout the continent. >> father serra was european. he was white. he was not hispanic. and gould believes the church is ignoring an ugly chapter in california history. >> the mission system he brought created destruction in our culture. >> reporter: serra is the first spanish speaking saint from the u.s. the pope waived the usual rule requiring two miracles for saint hood and accepted just one. >> carter evans, thanks. our coverage of pope

. >> reporter: for corinna gould, this is sacred ground. thousands of her ancestors are buried here in unmarked graves. for her, serra left a brutal legacy in his drive to baptize indians. >> once you were baptized and you became catholic i don't recollect you lost your freedom. you become the property of the chunk. >> serra doesn't see that. he sees indians as naked and hungry, hungering for food and for salvation in christ. >> reporter: steven hackel says serra is seen as a founding father. his presence is everywhere. >> i think the pope is trying to open up an understanding of our american origin. it's catholic priests throughout the continent. >> father serra was european. he was white. he was not hispanic. and gould believes the church is ignoring an ugly chapter in california history. >> the mission system he brought created destruction in our culture. >> reporter: serra is the first spanish speaking saint from the u.s. the pope waived the usual rule requiring two miracles for saint hood and accepted just one. >> carter evans, thanks.

. >> reporter: for corinna gould this is sacred ground.f her ancestors are buried here in unmarked graves. for her, serra left a brutal allegiance in his drive to baptize and assimilate california indians, often beating and imprisoning them in the missions. >> once you were baptize and you had became catholic, then you lost your freedom all together. you become the property of the church. >> but serra doesn't see that. he sees indians as naked, as hungry, as hungering, literally, for food and for salvation in christ. >> reporter: history professor steven hackel says for many hispanics in california, serra is seen as a founding father. his presence is everywhere. >> i think what the pope is really trying to do is open up an understanding of our american origins. it wasn't just angloamerican protestants, but catholic priests throughout the continentinant. >> father serra was white. he was not hispanic. >> reporter: and gould believes by make serra a saint, the church is ignoring an ugly chapter in california history. >> the mission system he