SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — On March 19, the gates of Mission San Juan Capistrano will open at 9 a.m., and the bells will ring to honor St. Junipero Serra, the mission’s founder. The day marks the ...

Mission San Juan Capistrano is the seventh of California’s 21 Franciscan missions and is arguably the best-known and best-preserved of all. It is the third-largest tourist attraction in Orange ...

The basilica was built in 1986 to accommodate the growing Catholic community, which outgrew the mission's smaller Serra Chapel. The Mission San Juan Capistrano was established by Serra in 1776.

Serra, a Spanish priest, is credited with the founding of many of California’s missions, including Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1776. Serra was made a saint in 2015 by Pope Francis.

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Police said surveillance cameras captured the three suspects spray-painting the Mission San Juan Capistrano church on June 22.

The Swallows Day Parade in San Juan Capistrano marks the cliff swallows’ annual migration from Goya, Argentina, to the south Orange County town, one of the longest migrations of any species ...

San Juan Capistrano’s swallows solidified their place in popular culture when vocal group the Ink Spots recorded Leon Rene’s “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” in 1940.

The Mission San Juan Capistrano church has closed its doors to the public after a string of burglaries. Father James Galvin said that he did not want to close the church, especially since it's a ...