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With Coptic Christians facing ongoing persecution in Egypt, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Gerasimos have written a letter to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to bring HR 49 to the House floor for a vote. The non-binding resolution notes that even with some improvements in the status of Coptic Christians, they continue to face violence, and do not have equal rights and opportunities in the predominantly Muslim country. Coptic Christians are about 10 million strong and are the largest Christian community in the Middle East.

July 22, 2020 _ California's bishops are calling on Gov. Newsom to allow schools to open with in-person learning--for the good of the children. That makes sense! As of this week, the state's Department of Public Health reports ZERO deaths from COVID-19 in children 17 and under, even though the same chart shows 413,000 COVID-19 positive tests in the state.

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Catholic Charities is dispensing CA Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants / Proyecto de Asistencia para Inmigrantes Afectados por la Pandemia de COVID-19 (DRAI) beginning May 18.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 _ A San Francisco ad agency, a crisis pregnancy non-profit, and more than a dozen parishes are volunteering their talents as the Archdiocese of San Francisco launches a new grocery delivery hotline to help those confined at home by health or age during the coronavirus pandemic. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone called the hotline “a wonderful initiative,” and encouraged parishes to get involved in a letter sent to pastors.

In California Superior Court on Feb. 21, David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were arraigned on 10 felony counts including criminal eavesdropping and falsification of documents. They pleaded not guilty to nine and are appealing the 10th count. This comes on top of a November federal jury's award to Planned Parenthood of more than $2 million against the investigators of the trafficking aborted baby parts.