adoring crowds at the basilica at the university of washington. in a fiat, the people's pope, he was there to cannonize junipero serra. many see serra as a mission of the oppression of the ancestors. from there, the pope made an unscheduled visit that created controversy. he met with a group of nuns fighting a federal regulation. the rule requires the little sisters of the poor to provide contraception coverage in the employee's health plan. the pope did not bring up the lawsuit, but focused on their ministry to the elderly poor.