San Francisco

San Francisco all-girl Cristo Rey school puts students on path to success
- Jan 18, 2020
Established in 1883 to carry on the historic mission of Catholic education to enlighten and empower the vulnerable and voiceless, ICA Cristo Rey Academy in San Francisco fulfills its ministry by joining with 152 corporate partners to integrate professional work experience with a four-year college prep curriculum and give economically disadvantaged girls a career-enhancing edge.

By Lidia Wasowicz
Cardinal recalled as a churchman ‘truly present to core of his being’
- Oct 26, 2019
Cardinal William J. Levada was remembered as a friend, family member, pastor and churchman who was “truly present to the core of his being.”

By Catholic San Francisco
San Francisco to remove statue of saint some call racist
- Mar 6, 2018
San Francisco arts commissioners have voted to remove a statue that shows a Native American man at the feet of a conquering Spanish cowboy and Catholic missionary.

By Associated Press

Retired Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco dies at 80
- May 4, 2017
The eighth archbishop of San Francisco, George H. Niederauer, died on May 2 at 80. Niederauer served in San Francisco from 2006 to 2012. The archbishop supported traditional family and the right to life, defended religious freedom, and actively supported immigrant rights.

By Catholic News Service
The altar girls debate: Do they kill vocations, or feel valued?
- Feb 4, 2015
Blame it on those San Francisco values. That’s what the Rev. Joseph Illo believes is driving the uproar around his decision not to train girls to be altar servers at Star of the Sea Catholic Church. “I think the Church’s insistence on the distinctiveness of gender, that being male and

By Michael O'Loughlin

San Francisco all-girl Cristo Rey school puts students on path to success