OAKLAND — Amidst a sea of white crosses, a memorial service was held at St. Columba Catholic Church on Sunday to commemorate the 126 lives lost to homicides in the city this year.

In an essay for St. Columba, Barry Byrne wrote that the modern church “should be built to endure, to last into another and later age.” His St. Columba in the Midway has so far done that.

In an annual ceremony, priests at St. Columba Catholic Church were joined by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and others in reading aloud the names of 97 homicide victims who were killed in the city in ...

Some of the “parishioners” had four legs and their howls, yelps and chirps could be heard from blocks away when St. Columba Church held its annual blessing of the animals to honor St. Francis ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Sometimes considered to be a pariah with unapologetic hot-takes, St. Columba Catholic Church in Oakland is no stranger to controversy. They call themselves a "parish of social ...

Chelsea’s St. Columba Roman Catholic Church is being marketed as one of the next residential conversions in the city. The vacant property at 329-343 West 25th Street, which comprises the church ...