Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone spent time with about 500 supporters who enjoyed a sunny day near San Francisco’s Embarcadero at the May 16 Archbishop Cordileone Support Day Family Picnic.

Taking a hard look at the choices your beloved makes is one way to see if you are going to be happy married to each other, says the co-author of “The Seven Big Myths About Marriage.”

A couple from Nigeria celebrated the baptism of their baby Uche and had their marriage blessed in the Catholic Church on May 9 – part of a journey in which St. Ignatius Church Gabriel Project played a significant role.

The priestly ordination of Deacons Cameron Faller and Pat Summerhays will take place June 6 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The public is invited. Catholic San Francisco assistant editor Valerie Schmalz interviewed the two men soon to become the archdiocese’s newest priests.

PHILADELPHIA – As Catholics and non-Catholics alike prepare for Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September, the pontiff’s message of greater solidarity with poor people is resonating with a wide-ranging group of faith-based social justice advocates.

The beauty of Christian marriage, which is not “simply the beauty of the ceremony that takes place in church, but rather the Sacrament made by the Church, giving rise to a new family community,” was the theme chosen by Pope Francis in the catechesis of his Wednesday general audience May 6.

PHILADELPHIA – As Catholics and non-Catholics alike prepare for Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September, the pontiff’s message of greater solidarity with poor people is resonating with a wide-ranging group of faith-based social justice advocates.

VATICAN CITY – Peace takes hard work and must be built one person at a time working each day by forgiving others, ending injustice and stopping greed, Pope Francis told elementary school children.

“You can’t judge people by face value,” says Woodside Priory junior Lilly Johnson, January’s Steward of the Month at the Portola Valley school. “I really, really, really, want to work with people who feel down in the dumps. I want to be able to have an open mind. I’m really interested in psychology and social services.”

It is a major issue, one that affects us all: the California drought.

I was pleased to read Archbishop Cordileone’s statement that he doesn’t want “witch hunts” in our archdiocese.

In his column (“Who am I to judge?” April 24) Father Ron Rolheiser says that we, not Christ, judge ourselves.

I feel I should defend the writers of the open letter to Pope Francis that was published in the Chronicle.

Thank you for your answers to the misguided signers of the ad to Pope Francis. Thanks to our controlled media, we have a lot of misguided people.

Disheartened, the abbot of a renowned monastery consults with a holy man living in the mountains about steeply declining numbers of his monks. He wonders what sin might have led to this situation.

This past April 22, a coalition that has brought together the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, doctors, activists and community leaders launched the “Cosmo Harms Minors” campaign seeking to “inform, expose and equip communities to take action and protect minors,” according to their National Press Club news conference release.

We are never quite the same after experiencing endearing moments that touch us. The recent death of Cardinal Francis E. George, retired archbishop of Chicago, reminds me of cherished moments.

“If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.” Matthew 5:28

At 6 o’clock each morning, we Little Sisters gather in the chapel to begin our day with an hour of prayer. Most days we are joined by a petite, frail old woman who wheels herself into the chapel, strains to reach the holy water font, blesses herself and then settles in to begin her daily devotions.

When you find yourself sitting in your car at the red traffic light at the crossroads of Gough and Ellis streets by St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, take the opportunity to watch classmates at the urban campus of Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep trudge between buildings.