Archbishop Cordileone Partially Bans Blessing LGBTQ+ Couples

Contradicting Pope Francis, a U.S. archbishop has said priests may deny blessings to same-gender couples. Today's post features that news, along with other U.S. prelates' reactions to Fiducia Suplicans, the Vatican declaration allowing such blessings. Read More

Archbishop Cordileone Asks Senators to Vote Against Enshrining Marriage Equality into Law

A U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) committee chair has written to legislators asking them to vote against the Respect for Marriage Act should it come before them. Read More

Thank the Sisters and Archbishop for Protecting the Job of Transgender Teacher

San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has issued a statement which indicates that he will not... Read More

Caitlyn Jenner, The Archbishop, Fr. Barron, and Me

Caitlyn Jenner's coming out via Vanity Fair and the ensuing national conversation has triggered some foolish responses from Catholic clergy.  Read More

San Francisco Archbishop on Caitlyn Jenner: Trans* Identities Undermine Faith

San Francisco's archbishop said trans* people threaten the Catholic faith while speaking in New York last week, adding yet another incident to his lengthy anti-LGBT record and reiterating his image of church which varies so greatly from Catholic in his archdiocese. Read More

Archbishop Cordileone Skips March for Marriage to Deal with Protests at Home

San Francisco's Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was not among those attending last weekend's March for Marriage, opting to remain at home and deal with the ever-escalating crisis in his archdiocese. Read More

100+ Catholics Appeal to Pope Francis for San Francisco Archbishop's Removal

Calling for Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to be replaced, more than 100 San Francisco area Catholics released an open letter to Pope Francis expressing their discontent with the archbishop's leadership. Their concerns were primarily related to his obsessive anti-LGBT agenda.Calling for Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to be replaced, more than 100 San Francisco area Catholics released an open letter to Pope Francis expressing their discontent with the archbishop's leadership. Their concerns were primarily related to his obsessive anti-LGBT agenda. Read More

Large Majority of S.F. Teachers Publicly Reject Archbishop Cordileone's Handbook Changes

80% of the teachers and staff at four Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic high schools... Read More

New Ways Ministry Builds Bridges with Archbishop Cordileone

Fulfilling a promise he made last summer, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco met with... Read More

Louisiana Archbishop Stresses Pastoral Over Political in Marriage Case

A reporter once asked me what I thought of bishops who protest that their statements... Read More