Four words in Latin are embedded at the entrance to a North Beach chapel dedicated to St. Francis, the patron saint of San Francisco: Hic Locus Sanctus Est, which means "This place is holy." But the ...

I am writing to express my outrage and profound dismay over the summary closing of the Porziuncola Nuova, the little chapel I founded with other San Franciscans at Vallejo Street and Columbus Avenue.

Fr Richard Stanley Zammit’s two letters (February 22 and May 13) about the Porziuncola Retreat House offer the opportunity to comment on this very disappointing story due to the gross mistake in ...