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Standing up for the worker: A matter of faith
This year, 2021, is the 130th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum (The Rights and Duties of Labor), the foundational document of modern Catholic teaching on… Read More
Roots of Peace employees left in Afghan fear retribution by Taliban
Christina Gray Roots of Peace CEO Heidi Kuhn and her husband Gary were thwarted last month in their mission to evacuate the most vulnerable of their nearly 400 Roots of… Read More
Test scores show Catholic schools largely escaped COVID-induced ‘learning loss’
The Archdiocese of San Francisco’s herculean efforts to bring children back for in-person classroom learning during the past school year paid off, based on new scholastic test results.
Come to our Priests Retirement Luncheon
Please join us in celebrating the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s retired clergy at our Priests Retirement Luncheon on Friday, October 22, 2021.  The Luncheon will take place in Patron’s Hall… Read More
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
On eve of withdrawal deadline, Roots of Peace CEO remains faithful
Christina Gray August 30, 2021 After unsuccessfully working at a safe distance to get the most vulnerable of her nearly 400 employees out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31, Roots of… Read More
Roots of Peace seeks safe passage for Afghan staff after Taliban takeover
Christina Gray Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone has issued a statement on the Kabul-based employees of Roots of Peace (a Marin County organization) and high school students from San Diego County, both currently trapped… Read More
Mercy High School Class of 2021 graduates
Mercy High School in Burlingame presented diplomas to 116 graduates on June 6 at St. Pius Church in Redwood City. Nancy Astabie was named valedictorian, and Asupa Mila as the recipient… Read More
Archdiocese ordains two priests facing “unprecedented” times for church
Christina Gray Catholic San Francisco Nicholas Case and Cameron Pollette were ordained to the priesthood June 19 at St. Mary’s Cathedral by Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, who in his Ordination Mass… Read More
Archbishop Cordileone responds to USCCB vote on Eucharistic coherence document
Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted today during its annual spring general assembly to move forward with the… Read More
Mercy Sister marks 60th jubilee
Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, graduated from Mercy High School Burlingame and entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1961. After 17 years in elementary education and parish religious education at parishes including St. Gabriel, Holy… Read More

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