California Catholic Conference Archives

California sex abuse law likely to spur thousands of claims

Associated Press, Church in the US
Oct 15, 2019

Thousands of lawsuits will be filed against alleged child molesters as well as the institutions that employed them under a new California law taking effect next year, attorneys predicted Monday.

California Catholics urged to pray for defeat of medication abortion bill

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 1, 2019

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is urging Catholics in the archdiocese to join in a novena for the defeat of a “dangerous and unprecedented” bill requiring California State and University of California college health centers to provide medication for abortions.

‘Dangerous’ bill on seal of confession withdrawn before key hearing

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 9, 2019

In a last-minute twist, a California bill that would have required priests to break the sacramental seal of confession was shelved by its sponsor amid a remarkable grassroots campaign mounted by the state’s Catholics, members of other faith groups, and religious liberty advocates from across the country.

Bishop Blaire dies; recalled for living by a simple code — ‘to serve’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 19, 2019

Retired Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton died June 18 after a prolonged illness. He died at his retirement residence at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Modesto. He was 77.

California’s bishops call for ecological conversion on ‘Laudato si’ milestone

Church in the US
Jun 18, 2019

California’s Catholic bishops have released a pastoral statement calling for ecological conversion in the state.

California dioceses ask Catholics to urge lawmakers reject confession bill

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jun 15, 2019

Using social media, preaching, newspaper columns and letters read at Mass, the Los Angeles Archdiocese and California’s other Catholic dioceses planned a special push over the June 15-16 weekend asking Catholics to urge their representatives in the state Assembly to reject a confession bill.