Order of Malta:
Synod:
Observers call for empathy, support for struggling families
Event raises $170,000 for clinic
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Annulments: What is really changing? Part 4 of 5
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Scripture reflection: ‘Throwing aside the garment of worldly attachment’
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SF ballot measure addresses housing crisis Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
It will take two-thirds of San Francisco voters to pass a $310 million housing ballot proposition aimed at buying, rehabilitating and preserving housing that middle income residents could afford as renters or homeowners. Proposition A on the Nov. 3 ballot would also fund rehabilitation of public housing and public housing infrastructure. The proposition is endorsed by Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic Charities and the San Francisco Interfaith Council, as well as a broad range of housing activists, unions, nonprofits and business interests including the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Labor Council and San Francisco Housing Action Coalition. The Libertarian Party and the San see prop, A, page 2
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Pope canonizes 4 saints, hails ‘joy of quiet service’
Nuns wait for Pope Francis to lead the Oct. 18 Mass in St. Peter’s Square for the canonization of four new saints, including Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin, parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. The pope said “genuine authority” in the church comes from “the joy of quiet service.” Story on Page 10.
California bishops exploring options to repeal doctor-prescribed suicide law Valerie Schmalz Catholic San Francisco
California bishops are supporting “the right and duty” of citizens who have started a signature gathering campaign to repeal the physicianassisted suicide act signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month. The U.S. bishops are likely to take up the issue at their November meeting in Baltimore, said Richard Doerflinger, associate director, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities. With Brown’s signature Oct. 5, all three Pacific
‘We are reviewing the options. This is a dark day for California and for the Brown legacy.’ Tim Rosales
Californians Against Assisted Suicide Coast states have legalized physician assisted suicide. Only two other states have physician assisted suicide: Vermont and Montana. The California bishops issued a supplementary statement Oct. 12 that said they were looking at all the options available, including the referendum
and legal action. The bishops earlier issued a statement condemning the law Oct. 5, the day that Brown signed the End of Life Option Act. A group called Seniors Against Suicide filed papers with the state attorney general’s office Oct. 6 to seek a referendum to overturn the
measure on the November 2016 ballot. The group would have 90 days, or until Jan. 3, to collect the signatures of about 400,000 registered voters. If the group is successful, the ballot proposition will “allow the people of California in November 2016 to do what Gov. Brown should have done – veto this dangerous legislation,” said Doerflinger. “Concerned opponents of physicianassisted suicide have already started the process for a referendum. We affirm and support them in that deci-
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