God’s incredible love and mercy

 

We call this SoNoGo - South Park-North Park-Golden Hill & Our Mission: to see the baptized who live in SoNoGo worship in SoNoGo

New wesite: https://www.stpatrickschurchsd.org/ 

Saint Patrick Catholic Parish

The Catholic Church Explained

We, the church of Saint Patrick, in the community of North Park,

of the Roman Catholic Diocese and City of San Diego,

declare this to be our primary mission:

to come together to celebrate the Eucharist,

hear God’s word proclaimed,

give praise and thanksgiving to God,

and develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

We believe that by freely sharing our faith, talents, and treasures,

we discover Christ’s presence among us and bring Him to others.

We have a strong desire to give and receive love, service, peace, support,

and fellowship, within our families, our parish, our community, and the world.

Open to the power of the Holy Spirit, we pursue this mission faithfully and lovingly.

Some of us have too much time and have grown idle

Are you angry because others were treated generously?

 

U.S. bishops launch task force to promote human dignity

U.S. bishops launch task force to promote human dignity amid rise of artificial intelligence

The bishops said they are hoping to contribute to the “moral foundation” of rapidly developing AI models.

Bishop Robert Barron named to serve on U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

Barron, who already serves as a member of the domestically focused Religious Liberty Commission, was appointed to the position by President Donald Trump.

Venezuela: Talks with opposition, oil deal, Delcy Rodríguez in New York, and the Church’s stance

Ongoing talks between the socialist regime and the opposition in Venezuela are making some progress while the Church is trying to contribute to the transition to democracy and freedom.

Jimmy Lai’s family, advocates press for his release before Xi-Trump meeting

“America understands, in its bones, that freedom dies with the last man willing to defend it and that the cost of not standing up for liberty is not felt until it is too late,” Sebastien Lai said.

The Unhoused Citizen

 

Written by John Sandy

In 2025 a record forty-five percent of Americans told Gallup they belonged to neither party, the highest share since the pollster began asking in 1988; Democrats and Republicans drew twenty-seven percent apiece. Both major parties now draw unfavorable marks from most Americans. Heading into this fall’s midterms, more than two hundred independents are running for Congress, by one Newsweek tally. The word that keeps surfacing in the coverage isn’t “moderate” or “swing voter.” It is “politically homeless.” Pollsters mean it as a demographic category. But I contend it is better heard as the description of a spiritual condition, one a Florentine had named seven centuries before Gallup.

Al Mohler reverses course, rejects blasphemy laws after controversy

Al Mohler reverses course, rejects blasphemy laws after controversy
Religion News Service: The longtime president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary said he erred in saying the government should be able to punish those who don’t believe God was part of America’s founding.

 

Why a lawyer who launched the Christian legal movement believes it’s gone astray*
The Washington Post: John Whitehead says the Christian legal movement is not what he envisioned when he launched the Rutherford Institute in 1982.

 

A battle for the soul of Chatham County* 
The Assembly: The county rejected a rezoning request for Summit Church’s planned campus outside Chapel Hill. It’s now a federal case, with religious-freedom groups and the U.S. Department of Justice weighing in.

 

Fresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debate
The Guardian: The Register of British Slave Traders shows that clergymen financed a company that trafficked enslaved Africans on hundreds of voyages.

 

In Germany, right-wing ‘Christfluencers’ hope to follow the US religious right
Religion News Service: Radicalized by COVID-19 and anger over immigration, right-wing pastors like Tobias Riemenschneider in Germany hope to gain followers by promoting conservative Christian views and politics. They have looked to religious right leaders and conservative influencers in the US for inspiration.

Eastern Catholic Church can help Western medicine promote human flourishing.

Catholic doctors say both Eastern and Western spirituality are required to heal the whole person

The Catholic Medical Association at its 95th annual educational conference held in Phoenix Sept. 10–12 focused on how the Eastern Catholic Church can help Western medicine promote human flourishing.

Trump asks Cissie Lynch, granddaughter of Billy Graham, to be religious freedom ambassador

The author and radio host said it would be a “great honor and privilege” to serve if she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Cardinal Pizzaballa calls Christians in the Holy Land to make the cross a way of life

The Latin patrarch presided over Mass on the eve of the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Taybeh, calling on Christians to live the “logic of the cross” through love and self-giving.

U.S. religious freedom commission urges Trump to press for release of religious prisoners

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom made the plea ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Sept. 24 trip to Washington, D.C.

Conformed to Christ

 

Written by Fr. Gregory Waldrop, SJ

Before turning my attention to St. Paul, whose great letter to the Romans is the source for today’s second reading, I’d like to note the opening lines from our first reading, taken from the Book of Sirach: “Wrath and anger are hateful things. Yet the sinner hugs them tight.” These words should, I believe, appear onscreen whenever someone opens YouTube, TikTok, or any other purveyor of so-called “information” on the internet.

Leo XIV begins the second half of 2026 by reversing two more of Pope Francis’s measures

 

The Surprising Results of the Excavations and Restoration of the Holy Sepulcher

Nuns and the Archdiocese of Chicago Win First Battle Against the Euthanasia Law Imposed by the Democratic Party in Illinois

ZENIT Staff

The September 11 order by U.S. District Judge Franklin U. Valderrama does not suspend the law throughout Illinois. It applies specifically to the Catholic parties who challenged it: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, and the Little Sisters of the Poor

Rupnik: Two Responses to Works by the Same “Artist”: France Covers Up the Mosaics, Brazil Unveils Them with Fireworks

ZENIT Staff

The contrasting decisions at two of Catholicism’s great Marian shrines have brought an unresolved question inside the Church into unusually sharp focus: how should sacred art be treated when its creator is accused of serious abuse?

Pope Leo XIV grants Mexico a Jubilee Year thanks to Our Lady of Guadalupe: here are the reasons, dates, and what you need to know

ZENIT Staff

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, announced the decision, describing it as a time of grace for the faithful. The concession was made through the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican institution responsible, among other matters, for granting and regulating indulgences.

Great Britain Rejects Assisted Suicide in a Close Vote

Elizabeth Owens

The 16-vote defeat on September 11 was striking not only because the proposal failed, but because of how dramatically the political landscape had shifted

«Entrepreneurial Nuns»: The Inspiring Creativity of Women of God That Has Changed Hundreds of Lives for the Better

Alma Recinas

Can entrepreneurship become a new form of evangelization?

UK: Catholic Prime Minister Pushes for Reform of a Law That Discriminated Against Catholic and Jewish Politicians

ZENIT Staff

Under the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829, a Catholic is prohibited from advising the sovereign, directly or indirectly, on appointments to the Church of England or Church of Scotland. A similar restriction on Jewish people was retained in the Jews Relief Act of 1858.

The Vatican Will Participate in the Taekwondo World Championships for the First Time: Here Is the Representative and the Specific Discipline

ZENIT Staff

The partnership between Athletica Vaticana and the Italian Taekwondo Federation has been developing for several years. Athletica Vaticana became a member of the world federation in 2021, and the relationship took on an especially visible character in June, when the international taekwondo community was received by Leo XIV in St Peter’s Square.

U.S.: The country with the most Vatican permits to celebrate the traditional Mass, according to a document from the Dicastery for Divine Worship

ZENIT Staff

Of the 34 decrees recorded for 2025, 29 renewed existing permissions for a further two years. In several cases, a single decree covered more than one parish within the same diocese. The remaining authorizations concerned new or otherwise distinct permissions, although the published index does not provide a detailed explanation of every case.

The Surprising Results of the Excavations and Restoration of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

ZENIT Staff

The first research results are collected in the volume «Hagia Polis Project. Excavations at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Volume I. Project and Methodology». A project in which collaboration between Communities and researchers becomes a valuable instrument of knowledge but also a symbol of a concrete form of guardianship of the Holy Place for the benefit of the faithful

Andorra and Liechtenstein: two European microstates facing the same problem—abortion while remaining Catholic

Joachin Meisner Hertz

The two cases share an unusual feature: both countries have Catholic majorities and constitutional arrangements in which the Church or a Catholic head of state retains an institutional role. Yet they illustrate two very different ways in which questions of abortion, political authority and conscience can collide.