Christian Faith Under Siege
Aid to the Church in Need’s Ed Clancy will share how Christian populations are being decimated by persecution in hotspots around the world–and what we can do about it.
May 14, 2026
Aid to the Church in Need’s Ed Clancy will share how Christian populations are being decimated by persecution in hotspots around the world–and what we can do about it.
“I get out in 10 days, and I don’t have a job,” said one of the men incarcerated at San Quentin who visited the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s first In-Custody Reentry Fair at the state prison Saturday. “I need to be able to work and I am not sure who will hire me.”
Twenty federal probation officers and support staff joined the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s Restorative Justice Ministry today to write cards and pack bags of holiday treats for the 1,200 inmates in the San Francisco County jails in San Bruno and San Francisco.
The executive director of the public policy arm of the California bishops today offered a blistering statement criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to sign a raft of bills prioritizing abortion while at the same time vetoing legislation that would have supported poor women and families.
There are at least four more bills awaiting the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom that would further endanger women and kill babies through abortion, increasing access and funding toward the governor’s declared goal of making California an “abortion sanctuary.”
Proclaiming “What do we want? Peace and justice!”, an intensely committed group of Catholics and community members walked two miles from mid-town to St. Agnes Church in the Haight-Ashbury, carrying white crosses to honor those who died by violence last year.
Proclaiming “What do we want? Peace and justice!”, an intensely committed group of Catholics and community members walked two miles from mid-town to St. Agnes Church in the Haight-Ashbury, carrying white crosses to honor those who died by violence last year.