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Catholic Schools Week - STREAM Event February 1 5:30-7:30 pm
Posted in AFC News on 01/17/23
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Faith Formation Registration Information
Posted in AFC News on 08/26/22
You can now register for Faith Formation for the 2022-2023 school year by clicking ... Read More »
Bishop Chad Zielinski Appointed to New Ulm Diocese
Posted in AFC News on 07/12/22
Bishop Chad Zielinski has been appointed to the New Ulm Diocese. Installation as Bishop ... Read More »
USCCB News
Preaching peace amid violence: Pope heads back to Africa
01/27/23 8:30 am
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' fifth trip to the African continent will highlight gestures of peace and reconciliation, consoling the victims of violence but also emphasizing the importance of each person sowing peace in the family, the neighborhood and the nation.
The pope is scheduled to travel to Kinshasa, Congo, Jan. 31-Feb. 3 before making an ecumenical pilgrimage to Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 3-5 with Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
Read MoreU.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Chairman Expresses Support for “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion”
01/27/23 8:30 am
WASHINGTON - Earlier today, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities sent a letter to House and Senate sponsors of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act” (H.R.7 and S.62), in support of the legislation.
“Protecting taxpayers from being forced to pay for abortion in violation of their conscience is a principle that has enjoyed historically broad support among Americans, regardless of their otherwise passionately divided views on the topic. It has also been life-saving,” said Bishop Burbidge in his letter. Rather than funding abortion, he continued, “Congress can better serve the common good by prioritizing policies that comprehensively assist women, children, and families in need in ways that will not only encourage childbirth but make it easier to welcome and raise a new child.”
Read MoreGod 'suffers' when believers injure, ignore those God loves, pope says
01/26/23 8:30 am

ROME (CNS) -- God suffers and grieves when those who profess to believe in him do not love the people he loves and do not work for the justice he desires, Pope Francis said.
"God suffers when we, who call ourselves his faithful ones, put our own ways of seeing things before his, when we follow the judgments of the world rather than those of heaven, when we are content with exterior rituals yet remain indifferent to those for whom he cares the most," the pope said in his homily Jan. 25 at an ecumenical evening prayer service.
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