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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone reiterated his support for bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation before Congress, calling it “an historic opportunity to fix the broken immigration system.”

The director of the Vatican's Financial Intelligence Authority said the Vatican will ...


ST. PAUL, Minn. – The “full social and legal effects” of state lawmakers’ decision to legalize same-sex marriage “will begin to manifest themselves in the years ahead,” said the Minnesota Catholic Conference.

WASHINGTON – As Oregon scientists announced May 15 that they had successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities warned that the technique is morally troubling on many levels.


PHILADELPHIA – Dr. Kermit Gosnell may have been convicted May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but “nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.

Many of the faithful who waited in line to be received by Father Thomas Vital Martin after his ordination Mass May 11 at St. Mary’s Cathedral received a blessing and the same humble request Pope Francis made in St. Peter’s Square less than two months earlier: ...

Drawn to the idea of making a difference a world away, a group of fourth and seventh graders at St. Hilary School in Tiburon is collecting used pencils so Africa’s poorest children can get an education.

On Mothers’ Day, we celebrated the 24th annual archdiocesan Respect Life Essay Contest at St. Mary’s Cathedral with Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and nearly 500 students, their families and teachers. “Another essay contest?” you ask.

Cloistered Carmelite Sister Mother Mary Joseph died May 5 at the age of 100 years and eight months, having lived a life of prayer and sacrifice inside the walls of the Carmelite Monastery of Cristo Rey in San Francisco for more than 70 years.

At the initiative of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco will debut the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass on May 26, Trinity Sunday. The Mass will be offered every Sunday at 11 a.m.

WASHINGTON – Now that Vermont allows doctor-prescribed suicide, “the magnificent landscape of this state, which echoes life from its majestic mountains to its powerful waterways, no longer is reflected in the laws which govern the Green Mountain State,” said ...

Dropped back into civilian life after active duty, service men and women find the support they need in each other
WASHINGTON – In dealing with several serious issues confronting the church and society today, “the only question is how you respond, not whether you should,” said Helen Alvare at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held May 9 in Washington.
VATICAN CITY – People are courageous in pursuing their careers, personal ambitions and jealousies, but they really should be using that courage to believe in the resurrected Christ, pray to him and spread the Gospel, Pope Francis said.

St. Dunstan Parish School in Millbrae celebrates its 60th year anniversary this year, with the theme “Precious Memories and Future Dreams.”

 





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