“When I was told that I was infected with the coronavirus, I said, ‘My God, I’m in trouble,’” said Gustavo Arévalo, a 48-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who lives in San Francisco.

Public liturgies in the church could resume in two weeks if San Francisco continues to successfully manage the coronavirus pandemic, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said.

Students from San Francisco State University's Newman Club talk about their perspectives on how the pandemic has affected the lives of young adults.

The Cool Car Challenge invited OLV students to build their own dream machines using whatever they could get their hands on at home. 

Thanks to a catechist determined to sustain religious education for parish children amid the lockdown, 23 public school students at St. Ignatius Parish will be ready for their first sacraments whenever churches open again for public Masses.

God willing, Father Edward Inyanwachi will soon again celebrate Mass and offer the sacraments to members of his rural southeastern Nigerian parish. Until then he’s trying to keep them from starving.

Parishioners at St. Mary’s Cathedral celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday, May 3, by thanking Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for his pastoral care, waving signs and cheering him after Mass. 

More than a hundred cars rolled noisily through St. Patrick Parish's parking lot April 29 with colorful messages of appreciation and affection for Msgr. Michael Padazinski, pastor, and Father Andrew Ginter.

Administrators and staff of long-term care facilities, residents and their family members, and a Catholic chaplain talked to Catholic San Francisco about how they are meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the elderly in residential care across the U.S. and worldwide.

Paulist Father Terry Ryan is hosting Zoom workshops for alcoholics and others in recovery, focusing on contemplative prayer and meditation and its fundamental role in sober living in these uncertain times and others.

Father Raymund Reyes and Father Andrew Spyrow, vicars for clergy, announced clergy assignments on behalf of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone April 21, 2020.

St. Gregory pastor Father Mark Reburiano and associate pastor Father Oliver Ortese drove through San Mateo blessing people with a relic of the True Cross on April 11, Holy Saturday and April 12, Easter Sunday. Father Reburiano said he wanted to show that Christ is united with his people, especially in difficult times.

Hunger or the fear of it is real and spreading quickly in the Bay Area.

An outbreak of COVID-19 at San Francisco’s largest homeless shelter has put a spotlight on the danger of coronavirus spreading through the city’s unhoused population. 

San Francisco moved to contain a COVID-19 outbreak at the Multi-Service Center South, the largest homeless shelter in Northern California, with 68 guests and two staff testing positive.

San Francisco neighbors from Sts. Peter and Paul will serve hot meals in front of the church on Easter Sunday, April 12, from 4:30-5 p.m..

When the word went out that churches were to be closed and services held online, Jesuit Father Greg Bonfiglio, pastor of St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco, invited those participating in Sunday Mass to send him a photo. Now, the pews are filling up -- with portraits of the faithful.

Initiation into the Catholic Church, traditionally done at the Easter Vigil, will occur this year on May 30, the vigil of Pentecost, because of the ongoing closure of public Masses.

With the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its "devastating" impact on working families, demand for the services of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Raphael Parish has spiked to the highest levels in memory.

Notre Dame de Namur University is suspending admissions for summer and fall 2020 and will focus on helping students complete degrees by 2021.