Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco Holds Mass for the Homeless

The Archbishop of San Francisco, Salvatore Cordileone, is asking Catholics to focus on, pray for and find ways to support the homeless this year. Over the weekend, the archbishop held a requiem Mass for the homeless with sacred music by his composer, Frank LaRocca, to depict life on the streets. Archbishop Cordileone says, “The whole message of this Mass and what I tried to highlight in my homily is that we are all children of God. We all have equal human dignity.” He explained the day by saying, “We walked over to the Tenderloin the more impoverished of San Francisco, where the Franciscans operate a dining hall with many other wonderful services and also staff and parish there. It was a very beautiful day. I keep telling Frank LaRocca he is a genius because he can take my outlandish ideas and actually realize them.”