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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, St. ANTHONY, AND OUR LADY OF GRACE

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There are plenty of great things happening within our community all year long. Please keep track of them by listening to church announcements, checking our calendar, and reading our weekly bulletin.

You can also stay updated about Catholic news by watching or reading the media below.
National Catholic Register
- What Jesus Would Tell Clerics About the Scandals, Ancient Jesus Painting Found in Israel, and More!
  
  By Tito Edwards | What Jesus Would Tell Clerics About the Scandals, According to This Brave Priest – Fr. Bill Peckman, ChurchPOP++ Incredible Painting Depicting Face of Jesus Found in Ruins of...
- Why I Won’t Ask Pope Francis to Resign
  
  By Jennifer Roback Morse | A lot of people are upset about Pope Francis. Some have called on him to resign. Some have gone so far as to make the outrageous claim he is not really the pope. Although...
- Seeking God’s Grace-Filled Healing for Sex-Abuse Victims
  
  By Jeanette Flood | It seems a lot of attention during the current sex-abuse scandals in the Church has gone to the perpetrators — to how to prevent this from happening again, and reform. This is...
- Options Emerge for Handling the ‘Other Sexual-Abuse Crisis’
  
  By Ed Condon/CNA | WASHINGTON — The recent sex-abuse scandals that have rocked the Church in the United States and beyond have mostly focused on the abuse of minors. At the same time, many recent...
- Holy See Affirms Enduring Importance of UN Human-Rights Declaration
  
  By CNA/EWTN News | NEW YORK CITY — Seven decades after its proclamation, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still being hailed as “a great triumph achieved at a tremendous cost,” in...
Catholic News Service
News from the Vatican
- Surprise! Pope makes several impromptu visits
  
  Pope Francis made surprise visits Dec. 7 and 8 to people receiving medical care far from their homes, to a dozen intellectually challenged young people and to the staff of a major Rome newspaper.
- Vatican publishes pope’s Christmas schedule
  
  Pope Francis has a full schedule of Christmastime liturgies planned for December and January, including the customary baptism of newborn babies Jan. 13, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
- Pope cites the ‘disappeared’ among those deprived of rights
  
  Pope Francis on Monday lamented that the poor, the unborn, those imprisoned and those who have been forcibly "disappeared" do not enjoy the same human rights protections as the wealthy.
- Bishop on new oversight body says Pope has ‘affinity’ for charismatics
  
  A new Vatican body known as CHARIS will oversee the Catholic charismatics around the globe.
- Vatican envoy urges media to end ‘cherry-picking’ migration news
  
  Slovenian Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva, has criticized an “often-distorted” narrative surrounding immigration...
Rome Reports