Olga R. Rodriguez

Olga R. Rodriguez is an author at Religion News Service.

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The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco’s Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died

By Olga R. Rodriguez — April 24, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Williams and his wife, Janice Marikitami, who passed away in 2021, appeared in Will Smith’s film “The Pursuit of Happyness,” which was based on the life of a homeless father and son who once found help at Glide Memorial Church.

Indigenous people rejoice after city of Berkeley votes to return sacred Native land to Ohlone

By Janie Har and Olga R. Rodriguez — March 14, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Before Spanish colonizers arrived in the region, the area held a village and a massive shellmound with a height of 20 feet and the length and width of a football field that was a ceremonial and burial site.

San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse

By Olga R. Rodriguez — August 22, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sex abuse victims criticized the bankruptcy filing, calling it a ploy to keep information hidden.
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