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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone exhorts the faithful with assistance of their priests to engage in focused prayer and penance during the difficult conditions that coronavirus has caused. “It is my conviction that, with all that is going on in our society at this time, we need to redouble our efforts on the spiritual level,” the archbishop said.  

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone encourages all parishes in the archdiocese to make the holy Mass available to parishioners during this time of church closure by holding Mass outdoors while observing the health and safety guidelines of the respective counties.

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone thanked priests of the archdiocese in a July 30 letter for their “continued pastoral care” to their people and reminded them to continue their care “always keeping with the local health orders of your county.”

Archbishop Salvatore. J. Cordileone and Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco have written a joint letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking for her support for a House measure to support religious freedom for the Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt. The two prelates also issued a joint statement mourning the recent conversion of the historic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, into a mosque.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is urging Catholics to fast every Friday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.