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On a beautiful Friday evening in January, while the city of San Francisco was abuzz with weekends beginning, groups of young Catholics and Walk for Life pilgrims joyfully headed to… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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

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… Read More

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… Read More

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.

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… Read More

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… Read More