The Mystery of the Star of Bethlehem
For more than two millennia, the star of Bethlehem, which guided the Magi to the city where Jesus was born, has been arousing the curiosity of researchers worldwide.
December 31, 2021
For more than two millennia, the star of Bethlehem, which guided the Magi to the city where Jesus was born, has been arousing the curiosity of researchers worldwide.
Here’s how Catholic Vote begins its post: “Today more than ever we need courageous leaders; men and women who stand up in the face of the extraordinary pressures we all feel. Their example gives the rest of us the moral courage to persevere.”
Glory to God in the highest. Throughout our lives we sometimes need a reminder to get to the point or, in other words, to focus on what really matters. After the preparatory penitential act of the Mass, described in our last two articles, the gathered assembly gets “to the point” of the liturgy by offering praise and thanksgiving to God. We do this especially in the Gloria, a beautiful hymn which begins by repeating the song of the angels as they announced the birth of Jesus (Lk 2:14).
Is it possible to see God as our friend? Jesus says, I call you friends. If God calls us friends, then we ought to call God our friend. Certainly, God is not a “friend” like our virtual friends on social media. He is a real friend who loves and wills the best for us. But how do we communicate with the divine? It is done through prayer.
Each year, parishioners at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park arrive to midnight Mass in the dark of night to see a great light. The church is unlit, illumined solely by the stained-glass rose window of the Nativity – a reminder of the joy of that first Christmas when Christ, the light of the world, was born in a humble stable.
Homily for Christmas Mass During the Night, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
The celebration of Christmas is unique. For the Nativity of the Lord, the Church gives us four different Masses to celebrate: the vigil Mass and the three traditional Masses of Christmas Day – “Mass during the night,” “Mass at dawn” and “Mass during the day.”
The Knights of Columbus teamed up with the Missionaries of Charity to bring warmth during this Advent season, distributing coats and hot meals at Immaculate Conception Chapel in the Mission District of San Francisco.
A glance back at Christmas one year ago, and a careful scrutiny of where we are now in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic – this is the atmosphere in which we find ourselves this month. Things continue to “open up” and life is more normal than one year ago, but we are cautioned to be prudent and maintain our vigilance. We are all like people walking on a frozen lake, gingerly touching the surface at each step before putting our full weight down. We long for less “virtual” encounters, more human, three-dimensional interactions. And yet we must keep our guard up.
You don’t have to be especially fare-minded to notice that the story of human salvation more or less begins and ends with a meal. From the forbidden bite of an apple in the Garden of Eden, to the central role of bread and wine at the Last Supper, Christianity and food have an intrinsic link.
The list of artists who have performed the most powerful of the Christmas hymns, “O Holy Night,” is extensive. Go down the YouTube rabbit hole, and you’ll find there’s even a heavy metal version, not to mention countless other artists who have dared to take it on, to varying results.
Kayla Crenshaw gained entrance to a tightly secured, city-run tent encampment not because she looks like she could be one of its homeless residents — she doesn’t —but in part, because she used to sleep on the surrounding streets herself.
Advent is my favorite liturgical season. Everything hinges on Easter, I know, for as St. Paul says, “if Christ has not been raised, our faith is in vain” (1 Cor 5:17) – but I do love Advent. The season of Advent, which begins the church’s liturgical year (not Jan. 1), sometimes get lost in the sprint between holidays. It seems like the Halloween and All Saints’ costumes have just gone away when Mariah Carey emerges from her summertime slumber and Christmas music, shopping and bright decorations dominate our senses until Christmas Day. One sympathizes with the Grinch – “oh the noise, noise, noise, noise!” It’s exhausting.
Homily for Chrism Mass By Most Rev. Salvatore Cordileone Archbishop of San Francisco March 26, 2015; St. Mary’s Cathedral Introduction Our annual celebration of this Chrism Mass occurs as Holy
Usted puede ser un ángel y su parroquia puede ser una multitud de ángeles. La participación de muchas parroquias es fundamental para el éxito de nuestro alcance arquidiocesano a las
The Christmas season can intensify the lows of our emotional and spiritual struggles. So, how do we navigate if we are experiencing anxiety and despair in our lives? How can we move from feeling helpless to hopeful?
Homily for the Cruzada Guadalupana, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homilía para la Cruzada Guadalupana 4 de diciembre de 2021; Catedral de Santa María Introducción “Muchas naciones se unirán al Señor en aquel día; ellas también serán mi pueblo y
On the return flight from Greece, Pope Francis said that a second meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, is being organized.
“A meeting with Patriarch Kirill is not far on the horizon,” the pope said during a press conference aboard the papal plane on Dec. 6, the saint’s day of St. Nicholas.
During the pandemic, parishes innovated. Catholics attended livestream Masses and outdoor Masses in parking lots, on lawns and in school yards. Priests heard confessions through car windows at Our Lady of Angels in Burlingame, and homeless ministries made bag lunches and handed them out at the door of free dining rooms shut down by Covid-19. Bible studies went on Zoom.
Los padres SÍ tienen voz y voto sobre qué, si y cómo las escuelas públicas enseñan a sus hijos sobre el sexo. Los padres de niños que van a las
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Dec. 1 on a major abortion case that could lead to the overturning of Roe v. Wade by next summer. If the court rules to overturn Roe, 26 states would instantly ban abortion.
For California, the Guttmacher Institute predicts a 3,000 percent increase in out-of-state women seeking abortions.
On a beautiful, sunshine-filled Saturday, women and men religious representing 11 congregations gathered at Most Holy Redeemer Church on Nov. 13 to serve at the annual barbeque for persons living on the streets of San Francisco.
Miscarriage is a loss that until recently was ignored, often happening before anyone knew the mother was pregnant. But as those who have lost children in pregnancy can recount, it is a grief. Therefore, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Respect Life Ministry has begun an annual Memorial Mass & Healing Service for Miscarriage & Infant Loss.
“No need is foreign to us,” said Marc Bruno hours after canvassing the streets of San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on a sweltering summer Sunday, handing out thick sandwiches from a local Italian deli to “anyone who is homeless or appears homeless.”
Archbishop Riordan High School held an all-school assembly earlier this school year featuring pro-life activist Megan Almon. During the assembly, a number of students walked out in protest of the event. Archbishop Cordileone went to Riordan High School to meet with student leaders in small groups on November 8. What follows is the letter he sent to all students in preparation for these meetings.
Some perceive a parish as a provider of soul food for the spiritually hungry, offering the Eucharist at every Mass and a menu of ministries to carry out the works of mercy.
Homily for the Saturday Vigil Mass for the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe and Adult Confirmations, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
During Advent, we wait in expectant hope for the arrival of the Baby Jesus, as his mother Mary would have done so long ago. This is the perfect time to
As the liturgical calendar nears its end, three feasts coincide in November to remind us of our own final end: All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and the solemnity of Christ the King. These interconnected feasts are well illustrated in the stained-glass window of Christ in Glory in St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco.
Father Moises Agudo was recognized by San Francisco Mayor London Breed as one of nine “unsung heroes” in the city’s successful COVID-19 response, all serving populations in underserved areas of the city.
“These people represent the heartbeat of the city,” Breed said in a ceremony on the steps of City Hall Nov. 15.
When my husband Dan was 11, his parents separated. Like other children in this situation, he started shuttling between two ever-diverging homes. He dealt with feelings of anger, hurt and betrayal, but wasn’t sure where to turn for help or understanding. His parents’ split shook his trust in relationships, raised big questions about his own identity, and, for a time, damaged his relationship with God and the church.
Cada año durante la temporada navideña colectamos tarjetas de Navidad para ser distribuidas en las cárceles de San Francisco. Esto permite que nuestros hermanos y hermanas encarcelados puedan enviar mensajes
Each year at Christmastime we collect Christmas cards to be distributed in the San Francisco jails. This gives our incarcerated brothers and sisters an opportunity to send holiday greetings to
Pierre Smit is unofficially San Francisco’s ‘Turkey Guy.’ After almost a decade of collecting frozen turkeys from neighbors to donate to St. Anthony’s Dining Room, he deserves the title.
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La Plataforma de Acción Laudato Si es una iniciativa global lanzada por el Papa Francisco para desarrollar “un nuevo enfoque ecológico que pueda transformar nuestra manera de habitar el mundo,
As we continue our series on the Mass, begun last month, we reflect on the reality of our human condition in relation to God. Of course, the key is our acknowledgment that in the celebration of the Eucharist we are, in fact, in the presence of God. Without that conscious awareness, grounded in faith, we are prevented from experiencing true prayer and instead remain locked within a self-manufactured prison of falsehood and arrogance.
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone Published in the Marin Independent Journal In a Columbus Day press conference, activists called on Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli to drop all the charges
The Laudato Si Action Platform is a global initiative launched by Pope Francis to develop “a new ecological approach that can transform our way of inhabiting the world, our lifestyles,
In this wide-ranging conversation on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” host Gloria Purvis speaks with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco about some of the most contested issues in the Catholic Church today. Gloria asks the archbishop about President Biden’s meeting with Pope Francis, his relationship with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the ongoing debate over Communion for pro-choice Catholic politicians and more.
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone brought San Francisco’s faith, civic and social service communities together at St. Mary’s Cathedral to pray for the souls of the homeless dead in a Requiem Mass for the Homeless Nov. 6.
By Col. (retired) Cameron Song Sellers I have spent most of my adult life serving and helping others. This desire started when I was a kid when I realized that
Homily for the Requiem Mass for the Homeless, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
In a wide-ranging talk on racial inequality and new social justice movements in America, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles cautioned against the rise of what he described as new political religions. “With the breakdown of the Judeo-Christian worldview and the rise of secularism, political belief systems based on social justice or personal identity have come to fill the space that Christian belief and practice once occupied,” Gomez said in an address delivered via video ahead of congress on Catholics and public life being held in Madrid later this month.
It’s the bottom of the ninth. Bases are loaded; the game is tied. As the batter walks up to the plate, anticipation builds. The stands are silent. The pitch goes out; then, a crack. The ball rises, high into the air, going, going … gone. The silence dissipates, replaced by the rumbling cheers of wild fans. The stadium surges; this is what baseball is all about.
Ando Perlas was on his knees after Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish one Sunday in 1984 when he felt a tap on the shoulder. A stranger asked him if he wanted to join the Daly City parish’s Legion of Mary. “I had gone to Catholic school all my life but had never heard of the Legion of Mary,” said Perlas. When the woman approached him again some months later in the same spot, he was praying for his infant daughter, born with a serious heart defect. Her prognosis was not good. Perlas said he made a silent covenant with the Blessed Mother that day, and with Virgilia “Bebs” de los Santos, the persistent legionary, now deceased.
We invite you to pray with us for all of November as we observe Restorative Justice Month. Special prayer intentions are provided below for each of the four Sundays during
The Vatican announced that it will give dioceses around the world more time to complete local consultations ahead of the 2023 Synod on Synodality. The announcement is likely to be welcome at dioceses around the world as an opportunity to have more time to solicit more input from “all the baptized.”
The communion of saints is a teaching of the Catholic faith that we profess in every recitation of the Creed at Mass. Pope St. Paul VI describes the dogma well in his 1968 “Credo of the People of God”: “We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are attaining their purification and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one church; and we believe that in this communion the merciful love of God and his saints is ever listening to our prayers.”
It was an eventful summer. Among the many ups and downs, one of the downs for me was losing a very dear friend and priest mentor of mine since my years in the seminary. Msgr. Joseph Carroll, affectionately known by all simply as “Father Joe,” was famous in San Diego and beyond for his wonderful work with the homeless and the poor.
Hong Kong is famous for having long been one of the most densely populated urban areas in the world. It is one of the last places on earth one would expect to find a giraffe.
Dear Brother Priests, As you know, the Holy Father has convoked a global synod. Pope Francis is inviting us to consider how we journey together and focus on “communion, participation,
After the Holy See issued instructions in September, on October 7th the Presbyteral Council unanimously approved a plan for implementing a diocesan synod in the Archdiocese. More details to follow.
On Sunday, Oct. 24, the Church will celebrate World Mission Sunday—the annual worldwide Eucharistic celebration for the Missions of the Church. World Mission Sunday is an opportunity for Catholics to recommit themselves to their Baptismal call to evangelization and mission, standing in solidarity with missionaries around the world serving the poor, proclaiming the Gospel and building the Church.
You can be an angel and your parish can be a host of angels. The participation of many parishes is critical to the success of our Archdiocesan outreach to pregnant mothers in need. The
This year a total of nine parishes and organizations have been awarded Rice Bowl grants to help with the work of hunger alleviation. The grants will be supporting food pantries,
The year 2021 marks the quincentennial celebration—or 500 year celebration—of Christianity in the lives of Filipinos across the world. To celebrate this milestone, the archdiocese is holding events throughout the year, including a virtual event on Nov. 5 at 7pm during the Hope, Heal, Renew Conference.
Doctors, nurses and health care workers attended the White Mass on Oct. 18 at St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco.
The leader of San Francisco Catholic Charities is leaving to accept a position in the cabinet of Washington State Gov. Jay Inlsee. She will lead the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, serving between 2-3 million people annually, according to an announcement.
There will be no COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Catholic school students this school year, Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Superintendent Pamela Lyons announced in a letter to parents this week. The letter came in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement earlier this month that he would add COVID-19 vaccines to those required for school children.
¡Ayúdanos a servir una comida de Acción de Gracias en las cárceles del condado de San Francisco y trae la alegría a un corazón agradecido! Invitamos a voluntarios de parroquias,
Excitement is building for World Youth Day now that the new dates are official. World Youth Day will be Aug. 1-6, 2023, in Lisbon, Portugal, the Vatican announced earlier this month.
By Mary Powers The St. Thomas More Society honored San Francisco attorney Matthew F. Graham with its signature St. Thomas More Award, presented to someone who exemplifies the organization’s goal
By Catholic News Agency Pope Francis formally launched the two-year global consultation process leading to the 2023 Synod on Synodality with a call to “look others in the eye and
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will celebrate a solemn new Requiem Mass for the Homeless at 10 a.m. Nov. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption. “We gather
By Kevin Jones, Catholic News Service Former U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana is President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, the White House announced Oct.
By Joshua McKeown, Catholic News Agency California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 380, a law that loosens several safeguarding requirements surrounding assisted suicide. The California Catholic Conference had been
By Mary Powers The 10th Annual San Francisco Rosary Rally was held on Saturday, Oct. 2, a week shy of the 60th anniversary of Father Patrick Peyton’s Rosary Crusade in
The Restorative Justice Ministry holds prayer services whenever a person in the Archdiocese loses their life in the violent way. Sometimes families and friends attend; sometimes it is a small
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco Restorative Justice Ministry is offering a Reentry Scholarship Stipend Fund. Beginning in 2020, individuals who are on probation or parole can apply for this program.
By Christina Gray The city’s Tenderloin neighborhood was alive with the spirit and memory of St. Francis of Assisi today on his Oct. 4 feast day with the annual Blessing
St. Junipero Serra’s heroism did not change when California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to ensure that his statue will no longer stand on the state capitol grounds, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco said.
Members of law enforcement protect society from the forces of chaos, maintaining the physical order necessary to keep evil at bay, San Francisco’s archbishop told first responders at the second annual Faith & Blue Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral Oct. 3.
Photo Credit: Dennis Callahan By Mary Powers On Sunday, Sept. 19, parishes across the archdiocese celebrated Catechetical Sunday, the opening Mass for faith formation programs. Each year, catechists gather to
German artists’ work adorns many archdiocesan churches By: Mary Powers St. Francis holds a special place in the heart of the city of San Francisco and Mission Dolores. A stained
By Christina Gray Men and women called to religious life are “the true philosophers…our noble sages, the truly wise ones pointing us to the path to peace for which our
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Patrona de las Américas y de los no nacidos El 33⁰ Concurso Anual de Ensayos de Respeto a la Vida está abierto a los estudiantes del
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Patroness of the Americas and of the Unborn The 33rd Annual Respect Life Essay Contest is open to all students in grades K-12 in public school,
Meagan Montanari’s wild ride to redemption has taken her from troubled teen to mature mom, from the abyss of suffering, strife and sorrow to the apex of healing, harmony and hope.
“It is like when you walk into a garden with so many unique flowers and plants and so many vibrant colors. You stand for a moment in awe of the full beauty of it.”
In the Gospel according to Matthew, Jesus says to His disciples: “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
HR 3755, the misnamed “Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021,” shows to what radical extremes the supposedly “Pro-Choice” advocates in our country will go to protect what they hold most
La HR 3755, la mal llamada “Ley de Protección de la Salud de las Mujeres de 2021”, muestra hasta qué extremos radicales llegarán los supuestos defensores del “pro-choice” en nuestro
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is ever-expanding, and the latest offering about everyone’s favorite Norse god of mischief, Loki, is getting all kinds of time-traveling buzz, and for good reason.
Zoom is a not a word Msgr. Michael Harriman would have connected to his retirement after 53 years as a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Not as a verb or a noun.
God’s revelation in Jesus Christ is the foundation of all Christian faith. As followers of His, He calls us to be “Church,” that is, a people assembled to worship Him and give Him honor and glory. The distress of the restrictions on worship all throughout the COVID-19 pandemic made it more evident than ever just how important this aspect of our faith is in our lives.
California lawmakers sully the good name of a Catholic saint. By Salvatore J. Cordileone and José H. Gomez California lawmakers have passed legislation to replace a statue of St. Junípero
Los legisladores de California ensucian el buen nombre de un santo católico. Salvatore J. Cordileone and José H. Gomez Los legisladores de California han aprobado una legislación para reemplazar una
Homily delivered on the occasion of the Día de la Hispanidad, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, September 11, 2021
Misa Votiva de Nuestra Señora del Pilar 11 de septiembre de 2021 Lecturas: Judit 13:14, 17-20; Lucas 11:27-28 Homilía para el Día de la Hispanidad Unidos en la Fe
Sign up below and 6-8 times each year, we’ll mail you something beautiful. It’s beautiful not just because it’s a full-color publication that’s nice to look at–though it certainly is!–but because
This year, 2021, is the 130th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum (The Rights and Duties of Labor), the foundational document of modern Catholic teaching on the relations of employers and employees.
Christina Gray Roots of Peace CEO Heidi Kuhn and her husband Gary were thwarted last month in their mission to evacuate the most vulnerable of their nearly 400 Roots of
The Archdiocese of San Francisco’s herculean efforts to bring children back for in-person classroom learning during the past school year paid off, based on new scholastic test results.
Please join us in celebrating the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s retired clergy at our Priests Retirement Luncheon on Friday, October 22, 2021. The Luncheon will take place in Patron’s Hall
Salvatore J. Cordileone Prominent politicians lost no time in reacting hyperbolically to the Supreme Court’s decision refusing to enjoin Texas’s new law banning abortions after the detection of a fetal
Christina Gray August 30, 2021 After unsuccessfully working at a safe distance to get the most vulnerable of her nearly 400 employees out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31, Roots of
Christina Gray Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has issued a statement on the Kabul-based employees of Roots of Peace (a Marin County organization) and high school students from San Diego County, both currently trapped
I just got off the phone with Heidi Kuhn. She is the founder of the San Rafael-based Roots of Peace, a nonprofit that works in Afghanistan to remove landmines and
Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption Mass for 50th Anniversary of St. Mary’s Cathedral
(Traducción al español a continuación) In response to a request from a group of the faithful in the Archdiocese of San Francisco in June, I agreed to allow a monthly
Let me repeat: no one can claim to be a devout Catholic and condone the killing of innocent human life, let alone have the government pay for it. The right
First Things The history of Catholic immigrants to the United States and their descendants is exemplary of the American dream, and intertwined with the Democratic party. I myself am a
Mercy High School in Burlingame presented diplomas to 116 graduates on June 6 at St. Pius Church in Redwood City. Nancy Astabie was named valedictorian, and Asupa Mila as the recipient
Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco Nicholas Case and Cameron Pollette were ordained to the priesthood June 19 at St. Mary’s Cathedral by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who in his Ordination Mass
Homily for Mass of Priestly Ordinations, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
I’m grateful that the bishops of the United States placed their trust in the Holy Spirit to guide in our effort to promote and protect the sanctity of the Most
Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted today during its annual spring general assembly to move forward with the
Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1961. After 17 years in elementary education and parish religious education at parishes including St. Gabriel, Holy
The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael will be streaming their 2021 Jubilee Eucharistic Celebration July 24 at 10 a.m. in San Rafael, celebrating nine 2021 jubilarians, and two sisters whose jubilees fell in 2020
Catholic San Francisco staff In 1858, Archbishop Joseph Sadoc Alemany, OP, the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (1853-1884), founded its first newspaper, The Monitor, recognizing the importance of
We are embarking on a new era in Archdiocesan communications – one suited to the modes of communications that define the 21st century. Catholic San Francisco as a weekly and biweekly newspaper is publishing its last
Lorena Rojas San Francisco Catolico On Jan. 24, 2019, Augusto César Noguera, Damaris Berrios and their 11-year-old son Augusto José Noguera Berrios left their home in the dark of night without saying goodbye to loved
When I was still a new bishop I remember a conversation I had with a priest from Germany, an old classmate of mine from Rome; he told me about how
In response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s comments to an EWTN reporter about the letter from Luis Ladaria, SJ, to Archbishop José Gómez, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has issued
Audio Version Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You A Pastoral Letter on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life By
Homily on the occasion of the Promulgation of the Pastoral Letter, “Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You,” Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for Easter Sunday, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for Prayer Service for Peace, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for Easter Vigil, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for Good Friday, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
“The rise in violence against Asian people across the country is alarming and horrific to all people of right reason. Even their elders, among the most respected individuals in Asian
Homily for Palm Sunday, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Sermon for the Salutations to the Holy Cross, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church
“The increased availability of Covid-19 vaccines is already having a welcome effect in reducing the spread of this virus. I encourage everyone to be vaccinated in consultation with their physician.
“The justice system is working. The matter of what happened on the night of October 12, 2020 at Mission San Rafael will soon rest in the hands of a judge
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone announced today the appointment of Rev. Mark Doherty as the new rector of St. Patrick’s Seminary & University. Fr. Doherty has been the interim rector since
Homily for Rite of Election, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for the Installation of Fr. Youngsaeng Goo as Pastor of St. Michael Parish, St. Michael Catholic Church
Homily for Ash Wednesday, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
“In January 2020 the State of California opened a new ‘window’ in the statute of limitations related to the sexual abuse of minors. In response, Catholic bishops in the state
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s injunction issued late last night in South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et. al striking down California’s
Homily at the 2021 Mass for the Walk for Life Westcoast, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Homily for Mass in Observance of the National Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized prolife voters who voted for Donald Trump on the abortion issue, saying their votes cause her “great grief as a Catholic” and accusing
On the occasion of the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., as 46th President of the United States of America, Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and
Homily for the Monthly Pro-Life Mass, Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
PDF – Bilingual English/Spanish To attack the U.S. Capitol to express your fear that democracy has been denied is wrong, and also counterproductive. Doubts about free and fair elections cannot