Christianity

"We Have a Pope": Fearful New Pope Questions Catholicism

AIDS Activistis Use Good Friday to Shame the Catholic Church

The only thing that might make Good Friday even better for some is a loud protest of the Catholic Church. We'll leave that one to San Francisco's AIDS activists who have made a long list of institutions they plan to shame today, including banks, cops, and Catholics.To remember the 20,000 San Francis ... More >>

Occupy SF: Protesters Take Over Catholic Church Building

​Occupy SF is back in action -- and just in time for Easter! The group last night stormed a vacant building that is reportedly owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese, which they plan to turn into a "permanent occupation" for the city's homeless. Now why didn't Gavin Newsom think of that one?The pr ... More >>

"Revelations": Elaine Pagels Decodes the Rapture

​Occupy SF is back in action -- and just in time for Easter! The group last night stormed a vacant building that is reportedly owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese, which they plan to turn into a "permanent occupation" for the city's homeless. Now why didn't Gavin Newsom think of that one?The pr ... More >>

Pulling Out of Nazareth

​Occupy SF is back in action -- and just in time for Easter! The group last night stormed a vacant building that is reportedly owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese, which they plan to turn into a "permanent occupation" for the city's homeless. Now why didn't Gavin Newsom think of that one?The pr ... More >>

Did Mother Teresa Protect a Pedophile Priest?

Patron saint of predators?​That's the subject of the latest SF Weekly cover story, which examines Jesuit records suggesting that Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder of the international Missionaries of Charity order and winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, asked Catholic Church officials to overlo ... More >>

Sex Abuse Victims Seek International Criminal Court Charges Against Former SF Archbishop

Cardinal William Levada​Victims of clergy sex abuse have named a top Vatican official with roots in San Francisco as part of a small group of Catholic Church officials who should be investigated for crimes against humanity in a formal complaint lodged this week with the International Criminal Cour ... More >>

"Tabloid": Errol Morris Doc Covers UK Media Freak Show

Cardinal William Levada​Victims of clergy sex abuse have named a top Vatican official with roots in San Francisco as part of a small group of Catholic Church officials who should be investigated for crimes against humanity in a formal complaint lodged this week with the International Criminal Cour ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Cardinal William Levada​Victims of clergy sex abuse have named a top Vatican official with roots in San Francisco as part of a small group of Catholic Church officials who should be investigated for crimes against humanity in a formal complaint lodged this week with the International Criminal Cour ... More >>

Follow the Paper Trail: Who Knew the Secrets of Pedophile Priest Donald McGuire?

​In this week's cover story, SF Weekly takes a look at the voluminous paper trail left behind by Donald McGuire, the defrocked Jesuit priest who is currently serving a 25-year federal prison sentence for transporting minors across state lines to sexually abuse them.Since he was a member of th ... More >>

Devo Discusses the Pope, the Hipster Press, and the World's Slow Descent into Shittiness

Submit to Devo.​After emerging from Ohio more than thirty years ago, Devo has been blowing minds pretty much ever since, with irreverent, surrealist, social-critiques-as-wacky-songs. We caught up with one of the band's co-founders, Jerry Casale, before its show this Friday at The Warfield, to talk ... More >>

Dan Deacon on Big Ideas, Being Intrigued By Weirdos, and What He's Doing with Francis Ford Coppola

​Dan Deacon can drop some knowledge. The enterprising electronica composer -- who drops his clusterfucking soundscapes at this week's Noise Pop Festival -- recently gave a reporter a very coherent verbal essay on the state of the music biz and the nature of pop music. An academic's experimentalis ... More >>

Why Is Kosher So Appealing to Goyim? Author Sue Fishkoff Explains at JCCSF

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

Papal Heretics in Wonderland

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

Awkward Armageddon: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

List: Divinity and taxes

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

Suffer the children: Catholic Church prepares to boot SOMA preschool off its land

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

Pulp Scripture

​If you're like us, the reasons for grabbing packets of kosher chicken are tough to explain. We have a general notion that kosher meat is better in some way, and we're willing to shell out a little extra for its allure, even though we're not of "the tribe." In fact, says author Sue Fishkoff, 85 ... More >>

S.F. Pro-Lifers Will Train To Channel Angel Gabriel This Weekend

Susan StefanskiAngel Gabriel​ For many single gals in San Francisco, a dude in an angel costume attempting to dispense advice for her pregnancy would seem like a creative ploy for pocket change. Halo headgear a la the biblical Angel Gabriel are optional for the throngs of local ... More >>

Thirst: A vampire movie worthy of The Hunger

Susan StefanskiAngel Gabriel​ For many single gals in San Francisco, a dude in an angel costume attempting to dispense advice for her pregnancy would seem like a creative ploy for pocket change. Halo headgear a la the biblical Angel Gabriel are optional for the throngs of local ... More >>

S.F. Assessor Phil Ting Takes on the Catholic Church Tomorrow Morning

Nobody expects Phil Ting!Tomorrow morning, assessor Phil Ting will be arguing in front of the San Francisco Appeals Board that the Catholic Church owes San Francisco up to $15 million in transfer taxes -- one of the largest tax bills in the city's history. The hearing will be held at 1 South Van Nes ... More >>

Ethics Commission Officer: Large, Delinquent Donor -- Think Mormons, Prop. 8 -- Would Have 'No Repercussions' in S.F.

We wrote earlier today about how the Mormon Church, under scrutiny from the Fair Political Practices Commission, disclosed it contributed nearly $190,000 to pass Proposition 8. While the secretary of state and the FPPC monitor expenditures for statewide elections, here in San Francisco that job sole ... More >>

Doubt

We wrote earlier today about how the Mormon Church, under scrutiny from the Fair Political Practices Commission, disclosed it contributed nearly $190,000 to pass Proposition 8. While the secretary of state and the FPPC monitor expenditures for statewide elections, here in San Francisco that job sole ... More >>

Constantine's Sword

We wrote earlier today about how the Mormon Church, under scrutiny from the Fair Political Practices Commission, disclosed it contributed nearly $190,000 to pass Proposition 8. While the secretary of state and the FPPC monitor expenditures for statewide elections, here in San Francisco that job sole ... More >>

Dear God: Please Make Mark Morford Stop Writing About You

We wrote earlier today about how the Mormon Church, under scrutiny from the Fair Political Practices Commission, disclosed it contributed nearly $190,000 to pass Proposition 8. While the secretary of state and the FPPC monitor expenditures for statewide elections, here in San Francisco that job sole ... More >>

More Mons!

We wrote earlier today about how the Mormon Church, under scrutiny from the Fair Political Practices Commission, disclosed it contributed nearly $190,000 to pass Proposition 8. While the secretary of state and the FPPC monitor expenditures for statewide elections, here in San Francisco that job sole ... More >>

Steely Dan

Wham City kingpin's fantastic electronic fireworks show

Devils in Disguise

A documentary portrait of a pedophile priest and his pious protectors

House of the Accused

When priests within the Salesian order based in San Francisco were accused of sex abuse, the leaders chose to keep quiet.

Cross-Purposes

A Catholic film calls for reform in the shape of a limp thriller

Fast Times at Marin Catholic High

A case that the Archdiocese of San Francisco apparently doesn't want you to know about

Lights, Camera, Gospel!

A look inside the grandiose cinematic dreams -- and genuine transcendent joy -- at Voice of Pentecost Church

Yo Soy Centroamericano

Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

Letters to the Editor

Week of June 4, 2003

Bzzzzzzt

A buzzing hive of concepts kills Bee

Letters

A buzzing hive of concepts kills Bee

God and Country, Remixed

The Christal Methodists and Ralph Johnson turn the rhetoric of politics and religious radio against itself

Ordinary People

Blessed comfort marks historic lesbian union

The Fairfield Wives

Dr. John Parkinson, a civic and religious leader in the perfectly suburban town of Fairfield, told women they needed pelvic exams. Long exams. Several times a week. For years. And they believed him.

Has the Church of Satan Gone to Hell?

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy

Savage Love

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy

Wicked Flicks

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy

Stage

Jack Boulware meditates on the devilish infighting over Anton LaVey's legacy

Under His Skin

Dermatologist Michael Franzblau goes national with claims that a Marin newspaper ran an anti-Semitic column about him

God-Awful & Divine

Dermatologist Michael Franzblau goes national with claims that a Marin newspaper ran an anti-Semitic column about him

Letters

Dermatologist Michael Franzblau goes national with claims that a Marin newspaper ran an anti-Semitic column about him

Dog Bites

Dermatologist Michael Franzblau goes national with claims that a Marin newspaper ran an anti-Semitic column about him

Savage Love

Dermatologist Michael Franzblau goes national with claims that a Marin newspaper ran an anti-Semitic column about him