Today, throughout the Catholic Church in the United States, is the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. At 12 noon our good Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will be celebrating Mass for this intention at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Mass will also be livestreamed here.

Archbishop Cordileone tells it! On Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized prolife voters who voted for Donald Trump on the abortion issue, saying their votes cause her “great grief as a Catholic” and accusing them of “being willing to sell the whole democracy down the river for that one issue.”   Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, issued the following statement in response: “To begin with the obvious:...

His Excellency giving the Invocation. Credit: Jose Aguirre/Walk for Life West Coast Great words from Archbishop Sample! The Catholic Sentinel is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland–and of course their great Archbishop Alexander Sample was here celebrating the Walk for Life West Coast Mass and gave the invocation. Excerpt from the story: “It is our witness of the gospel of life that will change the hearts of many,” the...

Bishops: You want a full Cathedral? Choose LIFE! Please credit all photos: Jose Aguirre/Catholic San Francisco. Click to enlarge. The Walk for Life Mass is by far the largest of the year. Kneeling room only–and that floor is not soft! The Bishops of God enter. The Priests of God. His Excellency Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, OR, celebrates the Sacrifice of the Mass. The Bishop behind Archbishop Sample is Bishop-Emeritus Ignatius...

Credit: Dennis Callahan/Catholic San Francisco. Click to enlarge. We were delighted and honored this year to be led by Archbishop Alexander Sample of the Archdiocese of Portland, OR. His Excellency was the principal celebrant at the Walk for Life West Coast Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Here he is giving the invocation and inviting us to ask for God’s help before the Walk. Excellency, we humbly thank you for being our shepherd, and...

Our friends over at Pro-Life San Francisco have put together an absolutely devastating report which documents the unrelenting war on the unborn perpetrated by San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi—all the while ‘publicly proclaim(ing) a relationship with the Church’: “Although Pro-Life San Francisco is nonsectarian, we have multiple Board members who are active young leaders in the SF Catholic community. They have helped draft the following...