Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said the "justice system is working" is a statement issued late Feb. 19 following the arraignment of five people on charges of felony vandalism for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church
Two California Catholic bishops applauded the Supreme Court's Feb. 5 ruling easing the state's restrictions on indoor worship put in place with the COVID-19 pandemic.
"This is a very significant step forward for basic rights. This decision makes clear we can now return
The Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship in the San Francisco Archdiocese Feb. 4 launched a "Year for the Homeless," which includes calling people to prayer, commissioning a special requiem Mass and holding a series of fundraisers via Zoom
Organizers of the 17th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco Jan. 23 expected hundreds of attendees this year, figuring concerns about COVID-19 and political unrest would keep pro-lifers away.
But like past years, thousands showed up.
"I guess by now I
WASHINGTON (CNS) (Updated) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald R. Barnes of San Bernardino, California, and Coadjutor Bishop Alberto Rojas immediately succeeds him. Bishop Barnes has headed the diocese since 1996. In June, he turned 75, the age
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco described as "blatant discrimination" a return by California to more severe COVID-19 restrictions that closed churches in two of the three counties that comprise the San Francisco Archdiocese.
On Nov. 29, the First Sunday of Advent,
San Francisco's archbishop called a district attorney's decision to prosecute protesters arrested for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church on charges of felony vandalism "a breakthrough moment for Catholics."
It is "the first time that any of the lawbreakers
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone led between 600 and 700 people in a rosary rally through the city's Mission District Oct. 3, the vigil of the feast of San Francisco's patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi.
The hour-and-a-half procession ended on the
As of Sept. 30, the city of San Francisco is allowing attendance for indoor worship to be 25% of the capacity of a house of worship, or up to 100 people, which follows the limit set by the state of California as
Monastery in California escapes wildfire: ‘It’s like the parting of the Red Sea; the fire just went around’
After being told to expect the worst and say goodbye to their monastery in Southern California, a community of Benedictine monks received word that St. Andrew’s Abbey was spared any significant damage late last week. “The fire literally went around (the monastery),”