Read Full Text: Archbishop Cordileone sharply rebukes Marin County DA in St. Junipero Vandals Case: “What You Propose is Not a Punishment that Fits the Crime”

Read Full Text: Archbishop Cordileone sharply rebukes Marin County DA in St. Junipero Vandals Case: “What You Propose is Not a Punishment that Fits the Crime”

In October of 2020, a group of protestors trespassed on Mission San Rafael, a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and desecrated and toppled a beloved statue of St. Junipero Serra. The crime was witnessed by the police, caught on videotape. Five were arrested and charged with felony vandalism. Today in court the…

Americans’ Right to Worship Is Being Denied

Americans’ Right to Worship Is Being Denied

Op.Ed, Washington Post—Sept 16, 2020—I never expected that the most basic religious freedom, the right to worship — protected so robustly in our Constitution’s First Amendment — would be unjustly repressed by an American government. But that is exactly what is happening in San Francisco. For months now, the city has limited worship services to…