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"Our God-given responsibility as bishops is to proclaim the truth as did St. Paul: the Eucharist is the real Body and Blood of Christ."

Mercy Sister Deborah Watson, RSM, entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1961.

Nine 2021 jubilarians and two sisters whose jubilees fell in 2020 will celebrate on July 24.

We are embarking on a new era in archdiocesan communications –one suited to the modes of communications that define the 21st century.

The new Catholic San Francisco magazine (profiled on pages 6-7), will be a pleasure to read and hold and combine local stories about ministries and people with timeless stories and resources for faith.

A young Catholic family feared for their lives after religious and political persecution there put their lives “on the path of the dead.”

Tom Burke was columnist of the popular "On the Street Where You Lived" page. He retired May 28 after 36 years with the archdiocese.

A legally-binding basic will or trust can be created online at FreeWill.com/SFARCH in about 20 minutes.

..." I’m not trying to convince God to accept me as a priest," Pollette told Catholic San Francisco. "He called me."

Ten men were instituted as acolytes at St. Mary's Cathedral, giving them more responsibilities in serving the church as they pursue ordination to the permanent diaconate.

The Archbishop of San Francisco has publicly supported Archbishop Aquila’s response to the German bishops’ “synodal path.”

San Jose Bishop Oscar Cantú urged prayers for the victims and their families after a gunman opened fired the morning of May 26 at a rail yard north of downtown San Jose. Law enforcement officials said seven victims died at the scene and one at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose.

Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the prelate who chairs the USCCB's Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs decried a recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks in the United States as "contrary to who we are called to be as the people of God."

Tim Burke, admissions director at San Francisco’s Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory for 30 years, will retire at the end of the current school year.

Prayer is a humble dialogue with God to grow spiritually and discover his will for the world, the pope said May 26 during his weekly general audience.

A special video series developed by Catholic Extension for the "Month of Mary" has highlighted throughout May the many ways Catholics of the Americas honor Mary in their native languages and culture customs.

After receiving an unprecedented letter from 67 bishops appealing for a delay in a discussion on whether to prepare a teaching document on the reception of Communion, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' president explained in a memo the procedure followed in bringing the question to a vote.

Two U.S. archbishops on Tuesday responded to attempts by other U.S. bishops to delay consideration of a teaching document on the Eucharist by the full conference.

On May 22, 2021, Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton graduated 155 students at its 123rd commencement ceremony. Graduates from the Class of 2021 will attend more than 70 different institutions.

More than three dozen students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music were invited for an educational tour of the 50-year-old cathedral's architectural, engineering, artistic and spiritual marvels.