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.
Read clear answers to your questions about the morality of the COVID-19 vaccines
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