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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
- Pro-Life Leader Joe Scheidler Remembered as ‘Fearless Champion of the Unborn’
  
  Pro-life legend Joe Scheidler holds his grandchild 2020. During five decades of activism, stalwart saw prayer as the foundation of his work.
- Communist crackdown in China is “Beyond George Orwell’s Imaginings” — and It’s Only Getting Worse
  
  NICOLAS ASFOURI Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 8. A new human rights report “gives a terrifying view of the cruelty of Xi Jinping’s...
- Connecticut Assisted Suicide Bill Would Not Safeguard Against Coercion, Opponents Say
  
  ashley rose via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Pills spill out from a prescription bottle. Various assisted suicide bills have been proposed in the state starting in 2013, though none have been passed...
- Presidential Inaugural Committee Facilitates Donations to Planned Parenthood
  
  Activist holds Planned Parenthood sign. On the donation page for the Field of Flags, among the 95 groups listed as “partners” of the committee is the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
- Report: Joe Biden Set to Promptly Reverse Pro-Life Policies
  
  Phil Roeder Vice President Joe Biden addresses a campaign rally at Hiatt Middle School in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 2. A report released Monday states that the newly incoming Biden administration...
Catholic News Service
News from the Vatican
- Vatican drops bid for Italian in fair trial extradition case
  
  The Vatican on Monday abruptly abandoned its extradition request for an Italian woman wanted on embezzlement-related charges in a case that had been set to test whether Italy considers the Vatican a...
- Pope sees MLK’s plea to love, nonviolence as remedy to modern turmoil
  
  Amid a modern social and political climate laced with historic levels of vitriol and division, legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. offers a message that also hits close to home...
- Italy court weighs extradition to Vatican in fair trial case
  
  A Milan court on Monday begins weighing whether to extradite an Italian woman to the Vatican to face embezzlement-related charges in a case that could test whether Italy considers the Vatican a state...
- Deadly week sees at least 10 bishops die from COVID-19
  
  Eleven Catholic bishops, including a cardinal, passed away between Jan. 8-17 due to COVID-19, or complications related to the virus that has killed over two million people worldwide.
- Pope’s push for Christian unity doesn’t stop for COVID
  
  Organizers have said this year's Week for Christian Unity is especially relevant given the coronavirus pandemic, which requires a joint effort from all people regardless of ethnicity, race or creed...
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