Sunday, September 05, 2021
WaPo Op-Ed: Our duty to challenge Catholic politicians who support abortion rights

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… Read More

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Op-Ed: A response to the “Statement of Principles”

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… Read More

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Op-Ed: Americans’ Right to Worship Is Being Denied

Americans’ right to worship is being denied by governments. I won’t be silent anymore. The Washington Post I never expected that the most basic religious freedom, the right to worship… Read More

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Op-Ed: Statues of St. Junípero Serra Deserve to Stay

The Washington Post To the protesters who tore down his statue in Los Angeles this month, the priest, friar and saint Junípero Serra represents “hate, bigotry, and colonization,” as one activist… Read More

Thursday, November 03, 2016
Implementing ‘Amoris Laetitia’

The apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” is the longest document of its kind; Pope Francis says that he “does not recommend a rushed reading,” and that “the greatest benefit … will… Read More

Thursday, October 20, 2016
‘Amoris Laetitia’ V: ‘Why Male and Female’

In these articles reviewing Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” I have made reference to the relativistic culture in which we live, which tells us, in effect, that we create… Read More

Thursday, October 06, 2016
‘Amoris Laetitia’ IV: Christian marriage and divorce

Pope Francis in “Amoris Laetitia,” as well as in both of the recent Synods on the Family, discussed at length a difficult reality of modern life: divorce and remarriage. Since… Read More

Thursday, September 29, 2016
‘Amoris Laetitia’ III: Responsible parenthood

In “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Francis notes the difficulties as well as the joys facing couples and families today. In this article I would like to address one of the most… Read More

Thursday, September 22, 2016
‘Amoris Laetitia’ II: Christian marriage

In my first reflection on “Amoris Laetitia” (the Joy of Love), I wrote of our Christian understanding of human nature, that we are made for love – to love and… Read More

Thursday, September 15, 2016
‘Amoris Laetitia’ I: The Human Person

The Christian proclamation on the family is good news indeed.” These words are among the opening statements of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (the Joy of Love). An Apostolic… Read More

Sunday, February 08, 2015
Marriage: Beautiful, God’s Gift, and in Danger

Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV Newsweekly OSV Newsweekly recently interviewed Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, chairman ofthe USCCB subcommittee for the promotion and defense of marriage, on the themesincluded in the fourth chapter… Read More

Monday, December 16, 2013
San Francisco Archbishop: ‘Interactions with Gay Catholics Tenderizes Us’

Scott Shafer, KQED Newsfix In an interview with “KQED Newsroom” Friday, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone talked about sports, gay marriage and the power of Pope Francis, who last week was… Read More