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Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone announced Feb. 25, 2021 the appointment of Father Mark Doherty as the new rector of St. Patrick’s Seminary & University. Father Doherty has been the interim rector since October, 2020.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said the "justice system is working" is a statement issued late Feb. 19 following the arraignment of five people on charges of felony vandalism for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church Oct. 12, 2020.

Archbishop Cordileone posted the following, titled “Justice is working in Marin County,” on Feb. 19, 2021. An open letter to Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli is urging that felony charges be dropped against five protesters in the Oct. 12, 2020, toppling of a statue of St. Junipero Serra at Mission San Rafael.

The following instruction with regard to fulfillment of Ash Wednesday rites was circulated to parishes by Father Andrew Spyrow, vicar for clergy, and Laura Bertone, director of worship, on behalf of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.

WASHINGTON --  In an interview discussing his recent admonition of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco emphasized the need for Catholics to recover the sense of worthiness to receive holy Communion.

WASHINGTON -- When they vote, Catholics must weigh many issues of very grave moral consequence "in good conscience," but "no Catholic in good conscience can favor abortion," San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said Jan. 21.

Nancy Pelosi does not speak for the Catholic Church. She speaks as a high-level important government leader, and as a private citizen.  And on the question of the equal dignity of human life in the womb, she also speaks in direct contradiction to a fundamental human right that Catholic teaching has consistently championed for 2,000 years.

Catholics must and do speak out on many issues affecting the equal dignity of us all, but if life at its most vulnerable beginnings is not protected, then none of us is safe. 

Archbishop Cordileone along with other Catholic bishops condemned mob violence that occurred Jan. 6 when supporters of President Trump entered the U.S. Capitol to protest Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election.

Dear Faithful People of God of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Please join with me to pray and to do penance on Jan. 22, the day that the U.S. bishops have designated the “Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children.”

Given the consistent direction of these court decisions in Diocese of Brooklyn and since, we are interpreting the Governor’s order together with the court decisions to mean that under the Constitution, houses of worship have to be treated at least as well as retail, which for us in California means 20% indoor capacity at this time.

Today in Harvest Rock Church, et al. v Newsom, the Supreme Court remanded a California District Court ruling that had permitted California’s restrictions on worship to continue in order for the court to reconsider its decision in light of the SCOTUS ruling on Nov. 25, 2020 in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo.

In a recent article published in First Things Archbishop Charles Chaput, the Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, provided valuable clarification on some foundational moral and doctrinal principles.

The government is demoting worship to the same status as watching a movie: “non-essential.”  But worship is both a natural and a constitutional right, Archbishop Cordileone states.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone was welcomed for a pastoral visit to San Francisco’s St. Anthony’s on Nov. 20, 2020.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has asked the Marin County district attorney to prosecute those arrested after an Oct. 12 protest at a mission church to the “full extent of the law,” after several of the demonstrators defaced and pulled to the ground a statue of St. Junipero Serra.

No matter how rich or poor, no matter whether newly arrived or from families that have been here for many generations, it is our Catholic faith that unites us, and it is because of our Catholic faith that we are being put at the end of the line.

Catholics in San Francisco marched in eucharistic processions across the city on Sunday to protest the city’s continued restrictions on public worship.

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone penned an op-ed in the Washington Post this week citing the First Amendment as he called for city officials to relax the current restrictions on public worship, which are some of the strictest in the country.

Father Andrew Spyrow, vicar for clergy, announced the following clergy assignments on behalf of Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on Sept. 17, 2020.