Carlos Matos-Ramos junior and his mother Lourdes wait in the security line to get to the Basilica. Mrs. Matos-Ramos has a chronic blood condition and she hopes to be blessed by Pope Francis.
Pope Francis canonizes Junipero Serra during a mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC on Wednesday, September 23, 2015.