San Francisco
and Catholics just ain't gettin' along these days (if they ever did). We recently wrote about the Catholic Right urging believers
nationwide to tell Mayor Gavin Newsom he's responsible for the recent graffiti on
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro because Newsom permits naked men to run
amok at the Folsom Street Fair.
Now some hardliners are saying San
Francisco is not only offending their sensibilities,
but their pocketbook -- since the city assessor wants to bi
Born in Spain, educated in Japan, now 'Black Pope'America now has a black president. And next week San Francisco will be getting a visit from the Black Pope. No, this has nothing to do with the deeper meanings of the Vatican's white smoke and dark smoke, and Pope Benedict XVI was not a black member of the Hitler Youth. "Black Pope" is simply a nickname for the Superior General of the Jesuit Order -- and he's a-comin' here. According to the publicity folks at the University of San Francisco -- an
I wish I were a supervisor. Then I could have only three meetings this week.
I kid, of course: It's hard work pretending to take this stuff seriously.
Monday, Feb. 22
10:30 a.m. -- City Operations & Neighborhood Services Committee
If I had to pick one word to describe this meeting, it would be "quirky."
As well as accepting various grants (my favorite is a grant for "children's dental disease prevention services"), Ross Mirkarimi has a bill "urging San Francisco's Congressional and
Pope Benedict XVI named him Roman Catholicism's top doctrinal watchdog -- even though, as San Francisco archbishop, William J. Levada resolutely looked away from sex-abuse complaints against a renowned priest and legal scholar
S.F. Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin, and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?
Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...
S.F. Archbishop William Levada styles himself as a leading advocate for openness among Catholic leaders on the clergy sex-abuse issue. So why doesn't he practice what he preaches?
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 Ness on the second floor atrium conference room starting at 10 a.m. Ting says the Archdiocese of San Francisco transferred ownership of 232 properties among three different nonprofits without payin
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 Catholics expected to flock to the St. Mary's Cathedral on Saturday to train in the ways of Gabriel to persuade women to bring their pregnancy to term. Not a typical message in a large
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