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The Roman Catholic Church

  • Film

    April 5, 1995

    After the Fall

    A wayward soul marches through temptation in Priest; Risk stumbles on the road to romance

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    Arcade Fire

    A wayward soul marches through temptation in Priest; Risk stumbles on the road to romance

  • Film

    December 10, 2008

    J'Accuse!

    Doubt wags the finger of moral relativism.

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2008

    Boston Marriage

    Doubt wags the finger of moral relativism.

  • Calendar

    February 6, 2008

    We Can Kick the Pope Around Next Year, Maybe

    Doubt wags the finger of moral relativism.

  • News

    November 21, 2007
  • News

    September 7, 2005

    The Reformation of Matthew Fox

    Against the odds, an Oakland theologian -- most famous as a critic of Pope Benedict XVI -- takes his inclusive notion of Christianity global

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    Blind Eye Unto the Holy See

    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

  • News

    April 13, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, April 13, 2005

  • News

    April 6, 2005

    Cardinal Opportunity

    A visit with Honduran Cardinal Rodriguez, who is often mentioned as a contender to become the next pope. For good reason.

  • News

    February 9, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, February 9, 2005

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Zipped Up

    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?

  • Film

    July 30, 2003

    Habitat for Inhumanity

    The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Nailed?

    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 ...

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    'Scuse Us, Folks

    Sex-abuse victims may be no-shows at Archbishop Levada's upcoming public apology to them.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    See No Evil

    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?

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Un-Orthodox Behavior

    Catholicism isn't the only religion with sexual abuse scandals. Three S.F. women are working to expose cases within the Orthodox Church.

  • News

    February 21, 2001

    Who Is Clint Reilly, Really?

    He's running for mayor again, and this time he wants to define himself, before his enemies do it for him

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    The Affordable Housing Disaster

    How a cozy alliance of government bureaucrats and nonprofit developers spends tens of millions of dollars building almost no housing for the poor

  • News

    December 22, 1999

    Awkward Christian Soldiers

    How a Bay Area sect with an occult tinge went national, transformed itself into an odd brotherhood -- and now is gaining acceptance from the ultratraditional Orthodox Church

  • Calendar

    August 18, 1999

    REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

    How a Bay Area sect with an occult tinge went national, transformed itself into an odd brotherhood -- and now is gaining acceptance from the ultratraditional Orthodox Church

  • Calendar

    March 12, 1997

    Night+Day

    How a Bay Area sect with an occult tinge went national, transformed itself into an odd brotherhood -- and now is gaining acceptance from the ultratraditional Orthodox Church

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Ex-S.F. Arhcbishop Given 10-1 Odds Becoming Next Pope

    What are the odds?​The Irish bookie site Paddypower is laying down 3-to-1 odds Pope Benedict XVI  will be ousted over accusations that he was behind misdeeds such as helping shield a priest who purportedly raped hundreds of deaf boys. But when God shuts a door, he opens a window -- and if a P ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    A Secrecy Fetish

    District Attorney Kamala Harris is going too far in protecting Catholic pedophiles.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Kamala Harris Takes A Stand on Internet Pedophiles, Coddles Pedophile Catholic Priests

    As long as the pedophile is online, Kamala Harris is there to protect you​Matt Smith's column this week revealed how District Attorney Kamala Harris is essentially protecting Catholic pedophiles in her refusal to turn over the San Francisco Archdiocese files on clergy abuse. Oddly, she's also come ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    List: Proposition 8 backers' new strategies

    As long as the pedophile is online, Kamala Harris is there to protect you​Matt Smith's column this week revealed how District Attorney Kamala Harris is essentially protecting Catholic pedophiles in her refusal to turn over the San Francisco Archdiocese files on clergy abuse. Oddly, she's also come ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2010

    Saving the River and the Woods

    As long as the pedophile is online, Kamala Harris is there to protect you​Matt Smith's column this week revealed how District Attorney Kamala Harris is essentially protecting Catholic pedophiles in her refusal to turn over the San Francisco Archdiocese files on clergy abuse. Oddly, she's also come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    New York Times Prints Hallucinogenic Paean to Mission Hipster Chicks

    ​If you thumbed through yesterday's edition of The New York Times, you may have chanced across a 1,500-word essay on the fashion of San Francisco. It's always fun and a little maddening to see what the Gray Lady makes of Bay Area culture, and this latest offering is worth a read -- if for no other ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2011

    Shock and Awe

    ​If you thumbed through yesterday's edition of The New York Times, you may have chanced across a 1,500-word essay on the fashion of San Francisco. It's always fun and a little maddening to see what the Gray Lady makes of Bay Area culture, and this latest offering is worth a read -- if for no other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Praises Brian Wilson in Unhinged Radio Rant

    'Vatican assasin warlock' Charlie Sheen​We wrote earlier this week about a totally awesome play date that took place at bad-boy actor Charlie Sheen's house with San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson and some other baseball greats.Well, some more information on the bromance between these two cel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Top 5 Songs Charlie Sheen Is Probably Listening To Right Now

    So this was the week that Charlie Sheen went on an extensive media tour to prove to the world that he was a "Vatican Assassin Warlock" -- which, according to our dictionary, means "gigantic mentalist." He has also announced to the world that he's "tired of pretending like [he's] not special." Well, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Charlie Sheen's S.F. 'Torpedo of Truth' Show: Top 5 Things Most Likely to Happen

    ​If you're anything like us, Dear Reader, you've been following the messianic rumblings of The Odyssey That Is Charlie Sheen with some interest. Who better than this self-described "High Priest Vatican Assassin Warlock" to lead the ranks of us feeble, workaday souls against the army of fools and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Supreme Court: S.F. Politicians Free to Denounce Catholic Church

    Heresy: The business of S.F. government?​The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit brought by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, essentially settling the question of whether the supervisors were out of line when they passed ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Vow of Silence: List of Priests Who Knew and Said Nothing

    Heresy: The business of S.F. government?​The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit brought by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, essentially settling the question of whether the supervisors were out of line when they passed ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Let Him Prey: High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Pedophile Priest Hidden

    Heresy: The business of S.F. government?​The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit brought by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, essentially settling the question of whether the supervisors were out of line when they passed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Top Five Reasons to Hate Bono (Other Than That Stupid Spider-Man Musical)

    It was impossible to know, back when Rattle and Hum or The Joshua Tree came out, what Bono would one day turn into. He's been making it incredibly difficult to like him for about 15 years now, but -- woomp, there it is -- he just found a way to put a cherry on top of all that annoying behavior: He a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Peninsula Priest Held in 'Private' S.F. Location As Abuse Investigation Moves Forward

    ​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

  • News

    July 6, 2011

    Fantasy Island: The Strange Tale of Alleged Fraudster Pearlasia Gamboa

    ​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    January 11, 2012

    Tainted Saint: Mother Teresa Defended Pedophile Priest

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    SF Archdiocese Calls SF Weekly Mother Teresa Story a 'Dark Day for Journalism'

    Photo courtesy Tyrone CefaluMother Teresa, pictured with Donald McGuire​We've been getting quite a range of reaction to yesterday's cover story on Mother Teresa's links to convicted pedophile priest Donald McGuire. Documents obtained by SF Weekly indicate that the "Saint of Calcutta" might have ur ... More >>

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