Coronavirus

No matter how rich or poor, no matter whether newly arrived or from families that have been here for many generations, it is our Catholic faith that unites us, and it is because of our Catholic faith that we are being put at the end of the line.

MONTREAL -- The Quebec government took religious leaders by surprise by announcing Sept. 20 that the maximum number of people allowed to participate in an event in a place of worship would be lowered from 250 to 50 in all regions of the province, starting Sept. 21.

Catholics in San Francisco marched in eucharistic processions across the city on Sunday to protest the city’s continued restrictions on public worship.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone penned an op-ed in the Washington Post this week citing the First Amendment as he called for city officials to relax the current restrictions on public worship, which are some of the strictest in the country.

Personal health fears, long-term isolation from family and friends, a polarized political and social landscape, and inability to find solace in public Mass and sacraments are the top sources of stress and anxiety for Catholic San Francisco readers in 2020.

SAN ANTONIO -- Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio said that "we do not know exactly what God has in store for us," but he hopes that while "we wait and work" for this COVID-19 crisis to be over, it will not "just be an episode in history from which we recovered."

The St. Agnes pantry in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district draws clients as varied in cultures, customs and circumstances as the eclectic neighborhood in which it stands.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis thanked sick and elderly priests for their quiet witness to the Gospel Thursday in a message that conveyed the sanctifying value of frailty and suffering. 

From this weekend, Catholics living in Wisconsin will once again be required to go to Mass on Sunday, provided they are healthy and not at risk for coronavirus. 

​​​​​​​Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is urging San Francisco officials to ease restrictions on public worship, saying the city’s “excessive limits” limits to curb COVID-19 are unfair and a deprivation of religious organizations’ First Amendment rights.