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<title>The Prophetic Witness of Servant of God August Hlond</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Everything in the universe—every star and grain of sand, every virus and animal, every light wave, and every particle of matter—is bound by laws it has no choice but to obey. Of course, the Creator, in His infinite mercy, can temporarily suspend these laws, as He did when Jesus walked on water (Mt. 14:22–33). The ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>It’s Time to Reject Left&#45;Brain Dominance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two years ago, I enrolled my daughter in a farm school in our area. A friend of mine told me that her sons attended the forest school but that there was also a farm school that meets once a week for over five hours of outdoor time, rain or shine. The two schools have been ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>It’s, Time, Reject, Left-Brain, Dominance</media:keywords>
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<title>The True Meaning of the Law Is Love: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this Sunday’s Gospel, a Pharisee tries to test Jesus.  Even though he was a legal scholar, his question reveals a stunning ignorance.  How? Gospel (Read Mt. 22:34-40) Jesus stirred up animosity against Himself among religious leaders by teaching several pointed parables about the kingdom of Heaven.  In this reading, a Pharisee, “a scholar of the law,” tested ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Difficulties of Forgiving and a Practical Path into Choosing Mercy</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-difficulties-of-forgiving-and-a-practical-path-into-choosing-mercy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last month, on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Catholics heard the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. This is the story of the man in great debt who begged for patience from his master before failing to forgive a much smaller debt owed to himself. We were reminded to not only forgive seven times, but ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Difficulties, Forgiving, and, Practical, Path, into, Choosing, Mercy</media:keywords>
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<title>Would St. Thomas Aquinas Play Minecraft?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/would-st-thomas-aquinas-play-minecraft</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As surprising as it may sound, play can be a virtuous activity. It can be morally good to have fun—play can be a meritorious act. According to Catholic theology, there is an entire virtue dedicated to playfulness, and it is called eutrapelia. Doing some activity solely for pleasure is not, in itself, immoral. Indeed, that ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Would, St., Thomas, Aquinas, Play, Minecraft</media:keywords>
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<title>The Beauty of the Holy Trinity: Part V</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-beauty-of-the-holy-trinity-part-v</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the previous article, we traveled to the spirit of Ancient Rome and witnessed the graces that the most Holy Trinity placed in the souls of great men the likes of Cicero, Seneca, and Virgil, in order that they may unknowingly prepare the culture of Rome to recognize the teachings of Christ when they came. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Beauty, the, Holy, Trinity:, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>The God&#45;Given Right to Freedom of Religion and the Modern&#45;Day Persecution of Christians</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-god-given-right-to-freedom-of-religion-and-the-modern-day-persecution-of-christians</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Traditionally, believers are permitted to worship God by assembling in places of worship such as churches, synagogues, and mosques. This being said, we do not leave our belief at the door when religious services are over. We should be free to express ourselves religiously in the public sphere, without harming anyone, without imposing our convictions ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, God-Given, Right, Freedom, Religion, and, the, Modern-Day, Persecution, Christians</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Do You Believe?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-do-you-believe</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Are we “faithful” because we love the Lord our God, or is it because we fear the devil? Or perhaps even because we fear God? Which among these is the primary driver—and why does it matter? On the surface, it might seem a silly question—one worthy of dismissal—maybe because we think the answer is “all ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Forgotten Virtue and How to Employ It</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-forgotten-virtue-and-how-to-employ-it</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is urgent, now as ever, that Catholics pray diligently and assiduously (says Our Lady of Fatima to the children) to not only survive, but to beg God to communicate an exponential increase of all the virtues and gifts. And what forgotten virtue is necessary to overcome the temptation to uncontrollable anger? Meekness! Meekness allows ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Forgotten, Virtue, and, How, Employ</media:keywords>
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<title>Sharing the Gospel with Our Muslim Neighbors</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/sharing-the-gospel-with-our-muslim-neighbors</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In recent decades, North America and Western Europe have seen a dramatic increase in the number of immigrants from Islamic countries. The demographic impact of this Muslim population and some of the cultural norms often found in its midst—such as polygamy and Sharia courts—deserve to be considered with attention. These sensitive and complex issues call ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sharing, the, Gospel, with, Our, Muslim, Neighbors</media:keywords>
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<title>What Angels and Demons Can—and Cannot—Do, Part 1</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-angels-and-demons-canand-cannotdo-part-1</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Once my seminarians in Kuching began asking questions about angels, it did not take long for the discussion to become considerably more personal. The first questions had concerned metaphysics. Where is an angel? Does an angel move? How does a purely spiritual creature relate to space and time? But metaphysics has a way of refusing ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Angels, and, Demons, Can—and, Cannot—Do, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>Churches Should Be Open on Federal Holidays</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/churches-should-be-open-on-federal-holidays</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a growing trend in the American Catholic Church that is disheartening at best and spiritually dangerous at worst. It is the shuttering of churches for federal holidays. This Sunday’s Gospel reminds us to “repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” (Mt. 22:21). Unfortunately, we are losing ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Churches, Should, Open, Federal, Holidays</media:keywords>
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<title>Can We Ever Repay God? 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/can-we-ever-repay-god-29th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jesus’ enemies try to set a trap for Him. A coin buys Him freedom from it. Gospel (Read Mt. 22:15-21) For the last several weeks, our Gospel readings have shown us that Jesus used parables to help the religious elites of Jerusalem hear a call to believe in Him as their Messiah.  They fell on deaf ears.   ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, Ever, Repay, God, 29th, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>What Angels and Demons Can—and Cannot—Do, Part 2</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-angels-and-demons-canand-cannotdo-part-2</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the first article, we considered how angels and demons act upon the material world and how their spiritual existence differs from both human life in time and the eternity of God. We now turn from their influence upon the world around us to their influence within us, where distinguishing imagination from intellect, passion from ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Angels, and, Demons, Can—and, Cannot—Do, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>Fatima Revisited and the Message of an Angel</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/fatima-revisited-and-the-message-of-an-angel</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I grew up when Catholic culture in Northern New Jersey, especially in Catholic schools, was still strong. As a boy I often heard about the events and messages of Fatima and was deeply struck by them. Nevertheless, as the years went on, the events and messages grew dim, and I was no longer saying the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Virtue Most Lacking in Our World Today</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-virtue-most-lacking-in-our-world-today</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Few souls are truly humble. Wars, religious and political divisions, marital and family conflict, work tension, and character assassinations on social media do not begin in a vacuum. No, they begin in the heart…in a prideful one. A heart that seeks to rule and dominate others. A heart that seeks to prove that it is ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Virtue, Most, Lacking, Our, World, Today</media:keywords>
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<title>7 Lessons from Blessed Fulton Sheen’s Beatification</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/7-lessons-from-blessed-fulton-sheens-beatification</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ My family and I were blessed to be in St. Louis for Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification on September 24th. It was a great grace to participate, even in some small way, in this historic moment for the Catholic Church in America. Engaging in the Mass of Beatification, the press conference, and other surrounding events—and reflecting ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lessons, from, Blessed, Fulton, Sheen’s, Beatification</media:keywords>
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<title>Virtue: The Storehouse Within</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/virtue-the-storehouse-within</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When people go to war, they need an arsenal. Their strength lies entirely outside of themselves. The complete opposite of war is virtue whose arsenal is entirely within the self. I prefer to use the word “storehouse” rather than “arsenal” since it is gentler and lacks any militaristic implications. War occurs because people underestimate themselves ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Virtue:, The, Storehouse, Within</media:keywords>
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<title>Pray the Rosary Daily!</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/pray-the-rosary-daily</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Through many of her Church-approved apparitions, Our Lady’s solution to her children’s problems is to encourage us to meditate on the Life of Christ through devotion to the Holy Rosary. At Fatima, Kibeho, Akita, Cuapa, and San Nicolas, to name a few, Mary explicitly instructed the visionaries to pray the Rosary daily. At others, like ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Why Jesus Retained His Crucifixion Wounds and What They Mean for Us</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-jesus-retained-his-crucifixion-wounds-and-what-they-mean-for-us</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jesus’ crucifixion wounds were more than just evidence that He had risen from the dead in the same body that the Romans had crucified two days earlier. Of course, this was very important as evinced by the Gospel accounts of Jesus appearing to His disciples. Jesus certainly wanted them to see that He resurrected in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Don’t Ignore Christ’s Invitation to You: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/dont-ignore-christs-invitation-to-you-28th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a parable this Sunday, Jesus describes a great wedding feast. Those who get invitations would be wise to ask: “What should I wear?” Gospel (Read Mt. 22:1-14) In the last of three parables in this portion of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus continues to describe the kingdom of God for “the chief priests and elders.” Now He compares it ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>John Henry Newman’s Exceptional Path to Truth</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/john-henry-newmans-exceptional-path-to-truth</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ What led one of the leading Anglicans of England, a brilliant theologian and Oxford graduate, to forsake Anglicanism for a belief that he had recently declared was led by the Antichrist pope? What occurred in his life during middle age that made him convert to the one belief that he had stood against his entire ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>John, Henry, Newman’s, Exceptional, Path, Truth</media:keywords>
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<title>Cohabitation and the Unpopular Truth About Love and Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In February 2020, Pamela Anderson separated from her movie mogul husband of 12-days, Jon Peters, declaring: “Life is a journey and love is a process. With that universal truth in mind, we have mutually decided to put off the formalization of our marriage certificate and put our faith in the process.” Britney Spears described falling ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>What the Rule of St. Benedict Has to Offer Us Today</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-the-rule-of-st-benedict-has-to-offer-us-today</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ We live in a world where we can access as much information as possible, get answers at Alexa’s command, and connect with others across the globe instantly. We can have almost anything appear on our doorstep at the press of a button. Yet with such immediate access, do we feel accomplished and fulfilled? Pope Leo ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Control Your Thoughts</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/control-your-thoughts</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/control-your-thoughts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Q&amp;A WITH MYSTIC ALICJA LENCZEWSKA, PART 6 We live in a world full of stimuli that feed negative thoughts. Social media, music, movies, and advertising inundate us with images and messages that can contaminate our minds. Most of us pay no attention to them at all. Sadly, those who have deliberately embraced evil even take ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Control, Your, Thoughts</media:keywords>
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<title>Losing Our Dignity, Part 1</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/losing-our-dignity-part-1</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/losing-our-dignity-part-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why Bioethics Cannot Survive Without a True Vision of the Human Person One of the strangest features of contemporary Western culture is that we speak constantly about dignity while often being deeply uncertain about who possesses it. Our public language is full of appeals to human rights, equality, non-discrimination, inclusion, and respect. These words dominate ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Losing, Our, Dignity, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>The Desire for Control Dehumanizes Us</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-desire-for-control-dehumanizes-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-desire-for-control-dehumanizes-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Recently, a news article about baseball sent me down a rabbit hole of theological and philosophical thought. The article caught my attention because my late father was an avid baseball fan. He spent the last 17 years of his life on full-time disability. The last five or so years of his life he was primarily ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Desire, for, Control, Dehumanizes</media:keywords>
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<title>Learning to Surrender and Trust with St. John Henry Newman</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/learning-to-surrender-and-trust-with-st-john-henry-newman</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/learning-to-surrender-and-trust-with-st-john-henry-newman</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Life is hard, and it doesn’t always go according to plan. Those moments can be filled with sweat, tears, blood, sleepless nights, anxiety, and even temptation away from hope and toward despair. While we can feel slight or crippling loneliness in such moments, the reality is that suffering, difficulties, and hardships are all things we ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Learning, Surrender, and, Trust, with, St., John, Henry, Newman</media:keywords>
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<title>The Beauty of the Trinity: Part III</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-beauty-of-the-trinity-part-iii</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-beauty-of-the-trinity-part-iii</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In part two, we explored the concept of Logos Spermatikos and the way in which God planted seeds of light across the cultural landscape of the world so that well-meaning men and women of all nations may recognize the Gospels when they arrived. Of all the cultures gifted with indirect rays of celestial light, Ancient ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Beauty, the, Trinity:, Part, III</media:keywords>
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<title>From Satanist Priest to Warrior for Christ: St. Bartolo Longo</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/from-satanist-priest-to-warrior-for-christ-st-bartolo-longo</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/from-satanist-priest-to-warrior-for-christ-st-bartolo-longo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Since Eve, Satan has been telling us the same lie about “secret knowledge” and enticing us with illusions of power and control. But—as Eve, Bartolo Longo, and many other sinners like me experienced when engaging with the evil one—he ultimately takes his pound of flesh. While many of us have fallen far chasing these false ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Satanist, Priest, Warrior, for, Christ:, St., Bartolo, Longo</media:keywords>
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<title>How the Liturgical Calendar Helps Us Grow in Virtue</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-the-liturgical-calendar-helps-us-grow-in-virtue</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-the-liturgical-calendar-helps-us-grow-in-virtue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Catholic Church we have a framework for liturgical celebration that consists of many elements, including the annual feasts and seasons as well as the cycle of Mass readings. No year we experience is ever the same, partially because the calendar moves. Our Sunday Mass readings are on a three-year cycle while the Daily ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, the, Liturgical, Calendar, Helps, Grow, Virtue</media:keywords>
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<title>Are You a Follower or Just an Admirer of Jesus?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/are-you-a-follower-or-just-an-admirer-of-jesus</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/are-you-a-follower-or-just-an-admirer-of-jesus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus’ way is not the easy way. As Jesus states clearly in Luke 9:23, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.” This is certainly not an easy teaching, and it requires much of us! According to Fr. Robert Kosek, CRSP, “A person might avoid mortal sin but choose daily comfort ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, You, Follower, Just, Admirer, Jesus</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Therese and the Deep Love of a Sensitive Heart</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-therese-and-the-deep-love-of-a-sensitive-heart</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-therese-and-the-deep-love-of-a-sensitive-heart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Today the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Therese. There is much we can learn from St. Therese’s teachings, which is why she was declared a Doctor of the Church. One of the most powerful lessons we can learn from her example is how she loved. Her entire life was dedicated to loving God and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Therese, and, the, Deep, Love, Sensitive, Heart</media:keywords>
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<title>Do You See Yourself in Christ’s Parables? 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/do-you-see-yourself-in-christs-parables-27th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/do-you-see-yourself-in-christs-parables-27th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In speaking to the religious leaders in Jerusalem, Jesus tells the whole story of salvation in one parable. Did they recognize themselves in the story? Gospel (Read Mt. 21:33-43) In this portion of the Gospel, Jesus has been speaking directly to “the chief priests and elders of the people” because they had questioned His authority to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>You, See, Yourself, Christ’s, Parables, 27th, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Mary Is the Mother of God and Christ Is Truly Present In The Eucharist</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/mary-is-the-mother-of-god-and-christ-is-truly-present-in-the-eucharist</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/mary-is-the-mother-of-god-and-christ-is-truly-present-in-the-eucharist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why insist on two Christian truths we already know well? Because there are Christians who do not believe that Mary is the Mother of God or that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist—and because delving into these sacred mysteries fills us with ineffable gratitude. Mary is the Mother of God For those who say ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mary, the, Mother, God, and, Christ, Truly, Present, The, Eucharist</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Grow in Devotion to Guardian Angels</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-grow-in-devotion-to-guardian-angels</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-grow-in-devotion-to-guardian-angels</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Have the angels as your familiars, my brothers, visit them with attentive consideration and devout prayer, for they are always present to guard and comfort you.” — St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermons on Psalm 90 Until a few years ago, I hardly thought of my guardian angel. Although I accepted the Church’s teachings on guardian ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Grow, Devotion, Guardian, Angels</media:keywords>
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<title>Respect Is Many&#45;Splendored and Owed to All</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/respect-is-many-splendored-and-owed-to-all</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/respect-is-many-splendored-and-owed-to-all</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Respectfully Yours” is an outmoded complementary close to a letter, the likes of which Rodney Dangerfield most likely never received. The much-loved comedian used “I get no respect” as a personal punchline that launched an eminently successful career. Here are a trio of his witticisms: “I met the Surgeon General. He gave me a cigarette.” ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Respect, Many-Splendored, and, Owed, All</media:keywords>
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<title>Loving God Transforms Your Loves</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/loving-god-transforms-your-loves</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/loving-god-transforms-your-loves</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ My husband and I heard a loud rumble in the sky and immediately ran outside to see what kind of aircraft was making that noise. My son, the avid airplane aficionado, wasn’t even home to come outside with us, but we still went and admired the unique Skycrane helicopters flying overhead to battle the wildfires ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Loving, God, Transforms, Your, Loves</media:keywords>
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<title>Understanding the Decline of Faith Post&#45;Vatican II and What To Do About It</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/understanding-the-decline-of-faith-post-vatican-ii-and-what-to-do-about-it</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/understanding-the-decline-of-faith-post-vatican-ii-and-what-to-do-about-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Like many Catholics, I have experienced the shuttering or reduction of a church which I considered my spiritual home due to declining attendance and practice among Catholics in our diocese. Such decline has led to widespread parish closures and consolidation across the world. As many before have wondered, I too asked myself: What is the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Understanding, the, Decline, Faith, Post-Vatican, and, What, About</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Forgive Others From the Heart</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-forgive-others-from-the-heart</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-forgive-others-from-the-heart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives your brother from your heart. I was giving a talk on the beauty of forgiveness to some lay faithful some weeks ago. A woman commented after the talk, “Forgiveness is easier said than done.” I agreed with her completely. It is difficult ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Forgive, Others, From, the, Heart</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Do We Call the Archangels Saints?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-do-we-call-the-archangels-saints</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-do-we-call-the-archangels-saints</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Perhaps one of the most frequently pondered questions when it comes to the archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael is why the Church has dubbed them “saints.” Scripturally, these are the only angels whose names are revealed. Still, the fact that these angels have names does not change their essence; despite their status as “archangels,” they ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Call, the, Archangels, Saints</media:keywords>
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<title>Wonder: Receiving God’s Goodness Through Creation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/wonder-receiving-gods-goodness-through-creation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/wonder-receiving-gods-goodness-through-creation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For the last couple of weeks, I have been sitting on the new deck my husband built, watching hummingbirds finally discover the feeders I put out for them this summer. They are beginning their migration south, so I get new birds every week or two. The males seem to have departed, while the females fight ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wonder:, Receiving, God’s, Goodness, Through, Creation</media:keywords>
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<title>Fulton Sheen’s Holy Hour: The Art of Learning to Abide</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/fulton-sheensholy-hourthe-art-of-learning-to-abide</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/fulton-sheensholy-hourthe-art-of-learning-to-abide</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Among the many spiritual practices promoted by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, none was more central to his life than the daily Holy Hour. Before Fulton Sheen became a priest, bishop, author, broadcaster, and one of the most recognizable religious voices of the twentieth century, he first became a man of prayer, a man committed to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fulton, Sheen’s Holy, Hour: The, Art, Learning, Abide</media:keywords>
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<title>Words Alone Can’t Fulfill the Father’s Will: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/words-alone-cant-fulfill-the-fathers-will-26th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/words-alone-cant-fulfill-the-fathers-will-26th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Men and women who stray far from the Father’s will can always return. It is never too late to repent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Words, Alone, Can’t, Fulfill, the, Father’s, Will:, 26th, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Padre Pio and the Power of Guardian Angels</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/padre-pio-and-the-power-of-guardian-angels</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/padre-pio-and-the-power-of-guardian-angels</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Send me your angel,” was a common direction St. Pio of Pietrelcina would give his spiritual children and the penitents who sought his guidance. For Padre Pio, this was not merely a vague, sentimental idea. He believed in and relied on angels throughout his ministry and had the gift of communicating with them. This miraculous ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Padre, Pio, and, the, Power, Guardian, Angels</media:keywords>
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<title>The Devil Wants You to Move</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-devil-wants-you-to-move</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-devil-wants-you-to-move</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I am online looking at a house for sale at 45 Wetzel Road, just outside the old town of Macungie, Pennsylvania. The house sits chockablock on a little-used tertiary road and is a remarkable historic stone home set on approximately 6.7 acres. It has “exposed stone, massive timbers, wide-plank floors and deep window openings [that] ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Devil, Wants, You, Move</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Achieve Whole&#45;Person Holiness, Part 3</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-achieve-whole-person-holiness-part-3</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-achieve-whole-person-holiness-part-3</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Part 1 of this article, I laid out a general framework for achieving whole-person holiness. In Part 2 of this article, I began listing and explaining some practical steps we can take to achieve whole-person holiness. In the final part of this article, I will continue explaining practical steps we can take in the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Achieve, Whole-Person, Holiness, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>Catholic Teaching Is Valid for Everyone</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/catholic-teaching-is-valid-for-everyone</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/catholic-teaching-is-valid-for-everyone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ College Commencement Day is a time for great expectations. Graduates have completed their course work and are prepared to go into the world and make their unique contributions. But it is also a day that is clouded by the fact that each graduate will go his or her own separate way, dissolving the bond of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Catholic, Teaching, Valid, for, Everyone</media:keywords>
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<title>The Triumph of the Chaldean Catholic Church</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-triumph-of-the-chaldean-catholic-church</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-triumph-of-the-chaldean-catholic-church</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It has been said that the Catholic Church is a community of communities. It is a collection of various groups that share a common communion, but have different traditions, rites, and ecclesiastical focuses. This is one of the strengths of Catholicism: so many different groups can be held together without drifting into tension or schismatic ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Triumph, the, Chaldean, Catholic, Church</media:keywords>
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<title>Padre Pio and the Popes: A Dance of Love and Hate </title>
<link>https://catholics.news/padre-pio-and-the-popes-a-dance-of-love-and-hate</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/padre-pio-and-the-popes-a-dance-of-love-and-hate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ During the wild 1920s, the pope at the time, Pope Pius XI, had been influenced by his best friend, Fr. Agostino Gemelli, to regard Padre Pio as a malevolent villain.  Gemelli was a medical doctor and a psychologist who claimed that Pio did not have the genuine stigmata and that the carmine piercings on Pio’s ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Padre, Pio, and, the, Popes:, Dance, Love, and, Hate </media:keywords>
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<title>The World Still Needs Confession</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-world-still-needs-confession</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-world-still-needs-confession</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I just finished a novel set in Poland in 1942-1943. Nazi Germany had invaded, and Warsaw was turned into a living hell, full of rubble and ashes, starvation and disease.   The main character, Pawel, has endured a living hell for most of his life. He’s a man in his thirties, a loner, someone the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, World, Still, Needs, Confession</media:keywords>
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<title>Are We Helping Build a More Human Society?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/are-we-helping-build-a-more-human-society</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/are-we-helping-build-a-more-human-society</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ About 1.5 years after we moved into our current house, a major bridge construction project began two blocks away. This led the city to divert traffic through our neighborhood. As the project drags on, it is creating more and more problems in the neighborhood from the volume of traffic it was never meant to handle. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, Helping, Build, More, Human, Society</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Pray a Novena to St. Michael the Archangel</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-pray-a-novena-to-st-michael-the-archangel</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-pray-a-novena-to-st-michael-the-archangel</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Michael the Archangel is one of those saints that you can go to for anything. Priests and parishioners invoke his name for spiritual protection, especially at the end of Mass. We also see St. Michael coming to the aid of the sick and dying, especially in the visions of Pope St. Gregory the Great ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Pray, Novena, St., Michael, the, Archangel</media:keywords>
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<title>Do We Grumble About God’s Generosity? 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/do-we-grumble-about-gods-generosity-25th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/do-we-grumble-about-gods-generosity-25th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus tells a parable that poses an interesting question:  Would we ever grumble about God’s generosity? Gospel (Read Mt. 20:1-16a) In the verses preceding this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus told the disciples, “it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven” (Mt. 19:23).  A “rich young man” had just gone away “sorrowful” from ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Grumble, About, God’s, Generosity, 25th, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Catholics Need Catholic Therapists</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-catholics-need-catholic-therapists</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-catholics-need-catholic-therapists</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I. Opening: A Personal Shock I have practiced psychotherapy for more than three decades, treating individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of presenting problems. In recent years I have semi‑retired from clinical practice and now teach in a graduate counseling program—work I deeply enjoy, especially helping students prepare to serve those who suffer. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Catholics, Need, Catholic, Therapists</media:keywords>
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<title>The Divine Will: 3 Stages of the Spiritual Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-divine-will-3-stages-of-the-spiritual-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-divine-will-3-stages-of-the-spiritual-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Thy will be done,” which every Christian prays at least once a day, is perhaps the most difficult petition of the Lord’s Prayer. It demands that a person put aside their own selfish wishes and trust in a higher plan. (Read John 6:67.) St. Alphonsus Liguori wrote: “All our perfection consists in the love of our ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Divine, Will:, Stages, the, Spiritual, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>The Cross &amp;amp; Learning to Love: Lessons from Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-cross-learning-to-love-lessons-from-archbishop-fulton-j-sheen</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-cross-learning-to-love-lessons-from-archbishop-fulton-j-sheen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One day a few years ago, I recall watching Fulton Sheen’s last recorded Good Friday address from 1979, which is still available on YouTube. In the presentation, Archbishop Sheen told his audience that this was his fifty-eighth consecutive year of giving this type of reflection about Christ’s Seven Last Words from the Cross. Being a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Cross, Learning, Love:, Lessons, from, Archbishop, Fulton, Sheen</media:keywords>
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<title>What St. Joseph Taught Me About Fear: 3 Years with the 7 Sorrows and Joys</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-st-joseph-taught-me-about-fear-3-years-with-the-7-sorrows-and-joys</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-st-joseph-taught-me-about-fear-3-years-with-the-7-sorrows-and-joys</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ God brought me to Christ and to His Church by way of fear. Twenty-five years ago, I was a young man with a social anxiety disorder, panic attacks, and depression, and out of that darkness I first cried out to Him. By His grace the crippling fears were overcome. But fear and anxiety did not ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, St., Joseph, Taught, About, Fear:, Years, with, the, Sorrows, and, Joys</media:keywords>
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<title>The Right Tools Make All the Difference, Part 2</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-right-tools-make-all-the-difference-part-2</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-right-tools-make-all-the-difference-part-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As I mentioned in the first installment of this series, my life includes a litany of situations in which the right tools—and the wisdom to use them well—make a huge difference. In my mundane world, an objective can only be accomplished when theories are met with practical tools and actions. That’s right, the toilet does ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Right, Tools, Make, All, the, Difference, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>The Shema and the Sign of the Cross</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-shema-and-the-sign-of-the-cross</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-shema-and-the-sign-of-the-cross</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Trinity is the greatest mystery ever revealed to humanity. Even the great St. Augustine devoted years to studying and writing On the Trinity (De Trinitate), one of the most influential theological works in Christian history. Yet despite his brilliant intellect, Augustine recognized that the human mind could never fully comprehend the mystery of God. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Shema, and, the, Sign, the, Cross</media:keywords>
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<title>Did I Meet My Son’s Guardian Angel?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/did-i-meet-my-sons-guardian-angel</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/did-i-meet-my-sons-guardian-angel</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Be devout to the Guardian Angels of your friends; they render you in many instances greater services than you are aware; and sometimes they even give you assistance which you do not receive from your own Guardian Angel. There are occasions on which they interest themselves in your behalf for the sake of those whom ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Did, Meet, Son’s, Guardian, Angel</media:keywords>
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<title>What It Means To Be Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-it-means-to-be-wise-as-serpents-innocent-as-doves</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-it-means-to-be-wise-as-serpents-innocent-as-doves</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is something deeply unsettling in Christ’s instruction to His disciples in the tenth chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel. We might have expected Him to say, “I send you as lions among wolves,” or perhaps as soldiers entering battle. Instead, He says: “Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Means, Wise, Serpents, Innocent, Doves</media:keywords>
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<title>7 Things You Didn’t Know About the Stigmata of St. Francis</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-stigmata-of-st-francis</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-stigmata-of-st-francis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Francis of Assisi was the first saint known to receive the sacred stigmata, the marks of Christ’s passion on the body. St. Francis received the stigmata at Mount Alverna in Tuscany in the year 1224. St. Francis had been observing a 40-day fast on the mountain in preparation for the Feast of St. Michael ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Things, You, Didn’t, Know, About, the, Stigmata, St., Francis</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Bernadette’s Relics Are Coming to the U.S.</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-bernadettes-relics-are-coming-to-the-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-bernadettes-relics-are-coming-to-the-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fourteen-year-old Marie Bernarde “Bernadette” Soubirous had never been considered an important person. She had a hard time in class and struggled with asthma-like symptoms. However, on February 11, 1858, she was searching for firewood near the grotto of Lourdes when she encountered a mysterious girl, around 16 or 17 years old, who was surrounded by ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Bernadette’s, Relics, Are, Coming, the, U.S.</media:keywords>
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<title>Food, Water, and the Dignity of the Dying: What Catholics Should Know About Artificial Nutrition and Hydration</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/food-water-and-the-dignity-of-the-dying-what-catholics-should-know-about-artificial-nutrition-and-hydration</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/food-water-and-the-dignity-of-the-dying-what-catholics-should-know-about-artificial-nutrition-and-hydration</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “What does it mean to feed someone?” Every human being understands, almost instinctively, that food and water are not merely biological necessities. Think of a mother feeding her child, a wife bringing soup to her sick husband, a nurse moistening the lips of an elderly patient, a son helping his frail father drink water. These ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Food, Water, and, the, Dignity, the, Dying:, What, Catholics, Should, Know, About, Artificial, Nutrition, and, Hydration</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross on the Power of Hidden Souls</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross-on-the-power-of-hidden-souls</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross-on-the-power-of-hidden-souls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the great mystery of God’s plan, it is hidden souls who He uses to unleash supernatural power in the world. In our worldliness, we think it is much more “useful” to be visible while working on grand plans and lofty goals with clear successes. This is not how the Lord sees things. He calls ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Teresa, Benedicta, the, Cross, the, Power, Hidden, Souls</media:keywords>
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<title>A Forgiving Heart Does Not Keep Score: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-forgiving-heart-does-not-keep-score-24th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-forgiving-heart-does-not-keep-score-24th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, Peter asks Jesus how many times he has to forgive a brother who sins against him.  Jesus tells him to forget the math.  Why? Gospel (Read Mt. 18:21-35) In last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus instructed the apostles on how to handle problems that would arise in His Church when brother sinned against brother.  Now, Peter asks ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Forgiving, Heart, Does, Not, Keep, Score:, 24th, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Would the Resurrection Survive Cross&#45;Examination?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/would-the-resurrection-survive-cross-examination</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/would-the-resurrection-survive-cross-examination</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The question posed starts with the standard of proof. A civil verdict requires only a preponderance of the evidence, a fraction over half. However, the test I applied in my book, Resurrection on Trial, is explanatory adequacy, used by historians and forensic investigators for events long past. Does the Christian claim of the Resurrection explain ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Would, the, Resurrection, Survive, Cross-Examination</media:keywords>
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<title>Accepting God’s Labor Day Gift</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/accepting-gods-labor-day-gift</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/accepting-gods-labor-day-gift</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 1894, Labor Day was declared a national holiday. Most worked a six-day work week and then enjoyed Sundays for worship, time with family, and relaxation. Sunday was their “Divine Day of Vacation,” set aside by God to slow us down and recharge us physically, mentally, and—most importantly—spiritually.   In God’s 3rd Commandment, “Remember to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Accepting, God’s, Labor, Day, Gift</media:keywords>
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<title>The Hidden Life of Jesus Is the Overlooked Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-hidden-life-of-jesus-is-the-overlooked-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-hidden-life-of-jesus-is-the-overlooked-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I’ll never forget when I once told a relative about a group of cloistered nuns—the Poor Clares—in Cleveland, Ohio, who spend their entire lives adoring Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament. That relative thought it was a wasted life. Surely, they could be doing something better with their time, this person thought. My relative’s words ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Hidden, Life, Jesus, the, Overlooked, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>The Birth of Mary: Reflecting on the Feast Day</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-birth-of-mary-reflecting-on-the-feast-day</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-birth-of-mary-reflecting-on-the-feast-day</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Most years, on Mary’s birthday, I’m recuperating from a Labor Day weekend involving a backhoe and at least one cookout and probably canning of one sort or another. Labor Day seems like the perfect backdrop for a reflection of the Blessed Mother, though. It’s a chance to stop and honor the work and toil we ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Birth, Mary:, Reflecting, the, Feast, Day</media:keywords>
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<title>Writing, Reading, and the Holy Spirit: Icons as Divine Relationship</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/writing-reading-and-the-holy-spirit-icons-as-divine-relationship</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/writing-reading-and-the-holy-spirit-icons-as-divine-relationship</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the collection of Eastern monastic writings called the Philokalia, the goal of the spiritual life is clear: “We must make ourselves a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit,” writes St. Diodachos of Photiki. This directive to enshrine the Holy Spirit in oneself is consistent throughout the collection, and the way to achieve such a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Writing, Reading, and, the, Holy, Spirit:, Icons, Divine, Relationship</media:keywords>
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<title>The Devil Never Takes a Day Off: On Speaking Well and How to Judge</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-devil-never-takes-a-day-off-on-speaking-well-and-how-to-judge</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-devil-never-takes-a-day-off-on-speaking-well-and-how-to-judge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Q&amp;A WITH MYSTIC ALICJA LENCZEWSKA, PART 5 Continuing the theme of the fallen angels, I selected two long passages from the first volume of Alicja’s Journal, one from 1986 and the other from 1987. The abundance of words written during the mystical encounters may be surprising. It usually happens when the soul has advanced only ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Devil, Never, Takes, Day, Off:, Speaking, Well, and, How, Judge</media:keywords>
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<title>When Priests Leave: Finding a Balance Between Mercy and Reverence</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-priests-leave-finding-a-balance-between-mercy-and-reverence</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-priests-leave-finding-a-balance-between-mercy-and-reverence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I have watched multiple priests leave the priesthood over the years, including the priest who baptized my godson. During the wake of 2018 and COVID, there were quite a few, which left many of us heartbroken. There is a balance that must be found when a priest leaves the priesthood. The Church allows priests to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, Priests, Leave:, Finding, Balance, Between, Mercy, and, Reverence</media:keywords>
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<title>Do We Have Ears to Hear Our Own Correction? 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/do-we-have-ears-to-hear-our-own-correction-23rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/do-we-have-ears-to-hear-our-own-correction-23rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Previously in this Gospel, Jesus has spoken about authority in His Church.  This Sunday, He shows us how it works. Gospel (Read Mt. 18:15-20) This Sunday, Jesus teaches His disciples about life in the Church He intends to build.  Earlier (Mt. 16), He established Peter as its head, giving him the “keys” to the kingdom.  Now, He ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Have, Ears, Hear, Our, Own, Correction, 23rd, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Finding Grace in Parental Failures</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/finding-grace-in-parental-failures</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/finding-grace-in-parental-failures</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Some time ago, I ran into an old friend, and as we were catching up with each other’s lives, she said to me, “You’ve always been such a patient mom.” I had no idea what compelled her to make this claim, given that I had not seen her in years. Regardless, instead of boosting my ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Finding, Grace, Parental, Failures</media:keywords>
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<title>Answering the Universal Call to Holiness with a Rule of Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/answering-the-universal-call-to-holiness-with-a-rule-of-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/answering-the-universal-call-to-holiness-with-a-rule-of-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Over the past sixty years the documents of Vatican II, and indeed the council itself, have become emblematic of a sort of Catholic ideological divide. Opponents and proponents site problems and progress that don’t necessarily originate in the Council, which closed on the feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1965. Pope St. John XXIII opened ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Answering, the, Universal, Call, Holiness, with, Rule, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>A Saint Film to Inspire Others: Young Carlo</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-saint-film-to-inspire-others-young-carlo</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-saint-film-to-inspire-others-young-carlo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why is it so hard to make a genuinely well-crafted saint film? This is a question that has baffled my mind for as long as I could remember. I grew up during the great digital transition of cinema where access to filming equipment suddenly became massively cheaper and more available to the consumer market which ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saint, Film, Inspire, Others:, Young, Carlo</media:keywords>
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<title>Learning to Become: Fulton Sheen and the Beatitudes</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/learning-to-become-fulton-sheen-and-the-beatitudes</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/learning-to-become-fulton-sheen-and-the-beatitudes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Over the years, I have had the joy of republishing many of Fulton J. Sheen’s books. One day, while working on his 1937 classic, The Cross and the Beatitudes, I was asked by the editorial staff to come up with a creative subtitle for the book.  After reading through Fulton Sheen’s analysis of how the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Learning, Become:, Fulton, Sheen, and, the, Beatitudes</media:keywords>
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<title>“A Pathway Toward Healing and Hope”: Praying with the Beloved Apostle</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-pathway-toward-healing-and-hope-praying-with-the-beloved-apostle</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-pathway-toward-healing-and-hope-praying-with-the-beloved-apostle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Back in January, I was invited to lead a day-long workshop for Catholic school leaders in the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon. The topic that I was asked to address was “Catholic education as a healing ministry of the Church.” It is an important topic, and one that I have experienced, researched, written and spoken about, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“A, Pathway, Toward, Healing, and, Hope”:, Praying, with, the, Beloved, Apostle</media:keywords>
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<title>Feel Good Religion Won’t Save You—The Cross Will</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/feel-good-religion-wont-save-youthe-cross-will</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/feel-good-religion-wont-save-youthe-cross-will</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever been duped? Fooled, tricked, deceived, conned, swindled? “You duped me O Lord!” That was Jeremiah’s complaint. Somewhere along the line, he must have gotten the idea in his head that the life of a prophet would win him friends, success, and honors. Instead, it won him derision and mockery. And why not? ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Feel, Good, Religion, Won’t, Save, You—The, Cross, Will</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Beauty is Bringing Young Catholics Home</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-beauty-is-bringing-young-catholics-home</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-beauty-is-bringing-young-catholics-home</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Modernity has trained us to use our senses for consumption rather than contemplation. Instead of engaging our senses to pull the beauty and meaning out of our lives, we increasingly use them as a means to score a momentary dopamine hit. When we do this, we are not only not using our senses in the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Beauty, Bringing, Young, Catholics, Home</media:keywords>
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<title>Get Behind Me, Satan: Why Does Jesus Rebuke Peter?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/get-behind-me-satan-why-does-jesus-rebuke-peter</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/get-behind-me-satan-why-does-jesus-rebuke-peter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time In last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus called Peter “the rock.”  This Sunday, He calls him “Satan.”  What happened? Gospel (Read Mt. 16:21-27) In the verses preceding this passage, Jesus and Peter had a remarkable exchange.  Peter identified Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God; Jesus announced that God had revealed ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Get, Behind, Me, Satan:, Why, Does, Jesus, Rebuke, Peter</media:keywords>
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<title>The Three Pillars of Faith—In Lived Reality</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-three-pillars-of-faithin-lived-reality</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-three-pillars-of-faithin-lived-reality</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Imagine you are stuck in traffic. You are late, and there will be consequences. You cry out with a plea in your despair. Suddenly, your car is raised aloft by angels. You fly over all the traffic and land softly at your destination a few minutes early. This is not the Catholic Faith. Imagine you ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Three, Pillars, Faith—In, Lived, Reality</media:keywords>
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<title>The Two Augustines: Two Saints, One Catholic Faith</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-two-augustines-two-saints-one-catholic-faith</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-two-augustines-two-saints-one-catholic-faith</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There are two St. Augustines in the Catholic calendar, and both deserve to be much better known. And please, pronounce them correctly. (They aren’t the same!) The first is St. Augustine of Hippo, the great North African bishop, theologian, Doctor of the Church, and author of Confessions and The City of God. The second is ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Two, Augustines:, Two, Saints, One, Catholic, Faith</media:keywords>
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<title>The Catholic Dating Cold War</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-catholic-dating-cold-war</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-catholic-dating-cold-war</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A Reflection on the Polarization of Catholic Dating and the Hesitancy to Date Catholic dating nowadays often looks less like adults discerning marriage and more like a middle school dance. The men are on one side of the parish hall. The women are on the other. It would be hilarious if it were not also ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Catholic, Dating, Cold, War</media:keywords>
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<title>AI Chatbots Are Hell</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/ai-chatbots-are-hell</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/ai-chatbots-are-hell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Describing hell is no fun task. Often, images of fire and pits, provided by Christ and portrayed in art throughout the Church’s history, come to mind. Yet, these images are allegories or metaphors (good ones of course!) which try to represent how terrible hell is. We know these images are metaphors because demons have no ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chatbots, Are, Hell</media:keywords>
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<title>When Nothing Seems to Be Happening: Lessons from St. Monica on Patience and Perseverance</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-nothing-seems-to-be-happening-lessons-from-st-monica-on-patience-and-perseverance</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-nothing-seems-to-be-happening-lessons-from-st-monica-on-patience-and-perseverance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A worthy wife brings joy to her husband, peaceful and full is his life…Be he rich or poor, his heart is content, and a smile is ever on his face. (Sir. 26:2-4) St. Monica was a good and generous wife and mother, and we imagine there was a certain paradoxical peace and steadfast trust in her ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, Nothing, Seems, Happening:, Lessons, from, St., Monica, Patience, and, Perseverance</media:keywords>
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<title>The Child Is Never the Problem: IVF, Human Dignity, and the Pastoral Challenge Before Us</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-child-is-never-the-problem-ivf-human-dignity-and-the-pastoral-challenge-before-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-child-is-never-the-problem-ivf-human-dignity-and-the-pastoral-challenge-before-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A few years ago, while teaching a class on bioethics and Christian anthropology, I explained the Catholic Church’s teaching on In Vitro Fertilization, “IVF” (literally “Fertilization in glass”). I discussed the dignity of human procreation, the meaning of the marital act, and the moral concerns surrounding the creation of human embryos in the laboratory. As ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Child, Never, the, Problem:, IVF, Human, Dignity, and, the, Pastoral, Challenge, Before</media:keywords>
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<title>Overcoming Anger with the Virtue of Meekness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/overcoming-anger-with-the-virtue-of-meekness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/overcoming-anger-with-the-virtue-of-meekness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the most misunderstood virtues we are called to foster is meekness. In Matthew’s Gospel, the Lord invites us to a life of meekness when He teaches: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Overcoming, Anger, with, the, Virtue, Meekness</media:keywords>
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<title>The Right Tools Make All the Difference, Part 1</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-right-tools-make-all-the-difference-part-1</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-right-tools-make-all-the-difference-part-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I am consistently engaged in a never-ending series of home upkeep projects, because I want to be a good steward of the gifts God has granted to my family. Even though I have to turn immediately to the next item on the list, completed projects are always satisfying. Still, along the path toward satisfaction, I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Right, Tools, Make, All, the, Difference, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>Beauty Will Save the World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/beauty-will-save-the-world</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/beauty-will-save-the-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Beauty will save the world,” Fyodor Dostoevsky maintained. His faithful disciple, Nikolai Berdyaev, echoed the sentiment. In his book, The Meaning of the Creative Act, Berdyaev discusses the special role of beauty that is associated with fine art. “Art,” he declares, “is always a victory over the heaviness of ‘the world’—never an adaptation to ‘the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Beauty, Will, Save, the, World</media:keywords>
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<title>Overcome the Age of the Embarrassed Catholic</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/overcome-the-age-of-the-embarrassed-catholic</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/overcome-the-age-of-the-embarrassed-catholic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A good number of modern Catholics often speak about their faith as if they were hostages reading from a prepared statement. Simply repeating Church teaching has never been enough of a witness to Christ to soften hearts or change the trajectories of lives. In fact, it can be argued that presenting a milquetoast version of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Overcome, the, Age, the, Embarrassed, Catholic</media:keywords>
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<title>Rebuilding the First Society and the Necessity of the Feminine Genius</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/rebuilding-the-first-society-and-the-necessity-of-the-feminine-genius</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/rebuilding-the-first-society-and-the-necessity-of-the-feminine-genius</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ [We must] rebuild the first society. The family is the first city; strong marriages and prayerful homes form tomorrow’s citizens before any vote is cast. – Dr. Scott Hahn The Napa Institute recently held its 16th Annual Summer Conference in California. Once again, it was an extraordinary gathering filled with exceptional speakers, thought-provoking panels, and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rebuilding, the, First, Society, and, the, Necessity, the, Feminine, Genius</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Handwriting Matters in an AI World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-handwriting-matters-in-an-ai-world</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-handwriting-matters-in-an-ai-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last year, shortly after my father died, I opened up his copy of the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila that he had given to me years ago. I chuckled as I looked at the blue pen underlining various passages in the text. Unlike my father, I dislike writing in books in pen or using ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Handwriting, Matters, World</media:keywords>
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<title>Upon This Rock: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/upon-this-rock-21st-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/upon-this-rock-21st-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a conversation with Peter and the apostles, Jesus declares His intention to build His Church on a human being.  Whatever was He thinking? Gospel (Read Mt. 16:13-20) This Sunday’s Gospel is so familiar to Catholics that the potential for missing the punch it packs is inordinately high.  If ever we are challenged on our belief in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Upon, This, Rock:, 21st, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Run into the Arms of Mary, Our Queen Mother</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/run-into-the-arms-of-mary-our-queen-mother</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/run-into-the-arms-of-mary-our-queen-mother</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. (Acts 2:2) After the ascension of Our Lord, the Eleven Apostles, along with some others, gather for ten days, cozied up in a room together “for fear of the Jews” (Jn. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Run, into, the, Arms, Mary, Our, Queen, Mother</media:keywords>
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<title>There Will Be Blood Sacrifice</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/there-will-be-blood-sacrifice</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I wonder what a person who was completely ignorant of Christianity would make of Christian words and worship when first exposed to it. Let’s face it, although Christian language is increasingly warm and fuzzy, there remains some genuinely strange and quite frankly bizarre and disturbing elements to Christian language and imagery that all Christians take ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Christ Refuses a Divided Heart: The Prince of Peace and the Sword</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sacred Scripture sometimes confronts us with expressions that appear, at least initially, to stand in contradiction with one another. The Christian tradition has always known how to live with such apparent aporias, not because revelation is incoherent, but because divine truth frequently exceeds our first and most superficial reading. We encounter one passage that tells ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Silence at Knock: Practicing the Holy Art of Silence During Sabbath Month</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ August can be viewed as the year’s sabbath rest. This month offers opportunities to realign our hearts and minds to God’s creation, His hopes and plans, His pace and rhythm. One simple way we can enter this time is through the practice of increased silence. In August we honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Let Us Find Satisfaction in Jesus Alone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For you have made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you. – St. Augustine These are the immortal words of St. Augustine, from the first chapter of his Confessions. These are the words of a man who futilely sought satisfaction in a life of sin, paganism, philosophy, and the arts of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Behold Your Mother: Fulton Sheen on Learning from Mary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/behold-your-mother-fulton-sheen-on-learning-from-mary</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every journey to Christ eventually leads us to His Mother. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and many of the saints often said that Mary is the quickest, surest, and most tender path to Christ. For Sheen, the Blessed Virgin Mary was not merely a devotional option, but the very path by which Christ enters the world, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>3 Practical Ways to Start Your Day Right</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you’re reading this article, odds are you’re not totally new to the Faith. You’ve probably read other Catholic blogs, books from the saints, and watched a Fr. Mike Schmitz video or two. This won’t be the first time you’ve read about the importance of starting your day with mental prayer, but, if it’s something ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Staring Down the Devil Every Day</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Q&amp;A WITH MYSTIC ALICJA LENCZEWSKA, PART 4 Following the summer break—at least in the Northern Hemisphere, where July and August naturally bring a pause—we return to Alicja Lenczewska. Since the previous installment in the series, A Visitor from Heaven, Apparitions in Northern Italy, was devoted to the work of the Devil, this month’s meditation, together ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Lessons from St. Teresa of Avila on Gossip</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gossip. It is everywhere in our culture. From 24/7 news to social media to our own conversations, we are inundated with temptations to gossip. It is in our fallen human nature, especially of women, to talk about other people. There are entire friend groups formed around gossip. We often engage in gossip because of perceived ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Jesus and the Canaanite Woman: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, as Jesus travels away from Jerusalem toward the region of the Gentiles, He meets a Canaanite woman who desperately needs His help.  Why did He give her the cold shoulder? Gospel (Read Mt. 15:21-28) To best understand this Gospel episode, we need to know that it follows a description of the great opposition Jesus ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Making Assumptions About the Assumption</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every year the Church obliges Catholics to attend Mass on August 15th, in the middle of summer, to honor the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The belief pertaining to Mary’s Assumption, while celebrated for centuries (many saints have homilies on the Assumption), was elevated to the status of dogma with the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Dimensions of Christ’s Passion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When we look upon a crucifix, we see a sterilized version of Our Lord’s physical condition at the moment of His death. Generally, what is depicted are His five wounds and a crown of thorns. This depiction is devoid of His Precious Blood strewn over His Body, along with His torn and mutilated Flesh. St. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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