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In less than 48 hours, pope francis will land on american soil. during his trip to the u.s., he will name a new saint, but the choice is creating quite a controversy. sara sidner reports. >> reporter: they stand as beacons to catholicism across california's coast. the very first missions, the first nine founded in the 1700s by one man, spanish-born fran s franciscan fryer, for millions he's viewed as a founding father for what would later become california transforming its agriculture. now for the very first time on american soil pope francis will turn a man into a saint when he canonizes him ...

Faith, and so he's invited -- certainly he's invited catholics to meet jesus christ and then go out and bring the person of christ to others, and i think this has been very, very emphatic in all of his gestures, and in all of his messages. he really has taken to heart this notion of evangelization, good news, and taken to the -- >> will he be successful, do you believe, in attracting more young people to the catholic church, bringing them into the fold, people who have left the church not just here in the united states but around the world? >> well, i think -- i would like to think that he wou...

Them to dream, to dream big, and for them to continue to dream. now, where he utters the words "communi "communist" us just moments ago. he said in a parish in argentina, they were trying to build up a parish building and they were all workingin ing tin. he said some were communists, some for catholics, it didn't matter, they were working together. so, you know, off script, harsh with the catholic church, and, you know, telling youth to dream. >> it's interesting because, you know, he addressed on a former trip to latin america he talked about sort of certain forms of capitalism being the tong...

Visit through your eyes in the coming days. the pope will arrive in the united states, following cuba-on tuesday. he will stop here in washington and head to new york and philadelphia. we'll follow him all along the way. and during this trip to the u.s., the pope will name a new saint. but that choice is creating controversy. cnn's sara sidner has the details. >> reporter: they stand as beacons to catholicism across california's coast. the very first missions, the first nine, founded in the 1700s by one man, spanish-born franciscan friar, unaperra sierra. to millions, he's viewed as a founding...