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<title>Following the Voice of the Good Shepherd: Fourth Sunday of Easter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday’s readings teach us about the care of sheep—they need a gate to protect their sheepfold, a shepherd who will lead them to good pasture, and ears to hear the Voice they should follow. Gospel (Read Jn. 10:1-10) This reading is best understood within its context in John’s Gospel.  In the previous chapter is ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Fine Print of Faith: Amusing Errors and Biblical Misprints</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-fine-print-of-faith-amusing-errors-and-biblical-misprints</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An earlier article examined how misreadings of key phrases and terminology in Catholic prayers and doctrines had a lasting impact on how believers practiced their faith for many years. These issues were serious enough to require rectification, as in 2019, when the Italian Episcopal Conference—with Pope Francis’s approval—revised the Italian Missal, changing “do not lead ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>“And Then What?” Fulton Sheen on Contentment Contingencies</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/and-then-what-fulton-sheen-on-contentment-contingencies</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “If I could move into that neighborhood, then I would be content.” “If I could become friends with that person, then I would be content.” “If I could travel to that place and eat at that restaurant, then I would be content.” “If I could get that job and make that much money, then I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“And, Then, What”, Fulton, Sheen, Contentment, Contingencies</media:keywords>
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<title>Faust, False Fire, and the Terror of Demons</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/faust-false-fire-and-the-terror-of-demons</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On March 19, 1859, Charles Gounod’s Faust received its premiere at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. That date matters far beyond the opera house because this work carried into music one of the most haunting stories ever given to Europe. Gounod’s opera drew its substance from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust, especially Part I, through ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Faust, False, Fire, and, the, Terror, Demons</media:keywords>
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<title>Was Peter Truly the First Pope?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/was-peter-truly-the-first-pope</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ What Scripture Reveals for Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelicals Seeking Communion For many Catholics engaged in conversations with Protestants or evangelicals, one question inevitably arises: Was Peter really the first pope? Sometimes the challenge is even more direct: There was no pope in the early Church. The question is understandable. Many Christians approach the early Church ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Was, Peter, Truly, the, First, Pope</media:keywords>
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<title>Kudos for My Guidance Director</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/kudos-for-my-guidance-director</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Pope John Paul II, in his international best-seller, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, states that “The fundamental dimension of man’s existence…is always a co-existence.” As I look back on my life, I realize how indebted I am for the many people who entered my life at the right moment and opened doors for me that ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Students of the Apostles: What They Teach Us About Early Christianity</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-students-of-the-apostles-what-they-teach-us-about-early-christianity</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Did you know that the apostles had students? The New Testament was not the only thing being written in those early years. We have writings from Christians that either existed during the time of the New Testament or immediately following. Those that wrote some of these texts personally knew apostles. They heard them preach, they ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Students, the, Apostles:, What, They, Teach, About, Early, Christianity</media:keywords>
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<title>Conscience Is Not What You Think It Is, Part 2</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/conscience-is-not-what-you-think-it-is-part-2</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ How do we understand consciences today? Oftentimes they are used as an excuse for moral relativism or subjectivism. This is not so. Consciences, and our duty to form them in truth for the sake of our freedom, are an integral task of the moral life. Conscience Must Be Joined to Virtue For St. Thomas, conscience ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Conscience, Not, What, You, Think, Is, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>Why a Theory of Everything Could Not Answer the Most Transcendent Questions</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-a-theory-of-everything-could-not-answer-the-most-transcendent-questions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Since the beginning of modern science, humanity has pursued an extraordinary intellectual ambition: to understand the universe completely. In physics, this aspiration has taken the form of what is known as a “Theory of Everything,” a framework capable of unifying the four fundamental forces of nature—gravity, electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Theory, Everything, Could, Not, Answer, the, Most, Transcendent, Questions</media:keywords>
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<title>The Old Man and the Sea: A Catholic Classic for Everyone</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-old-man-and-the-sea-a-catholic-classic-for-everyone</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the early 1990s while sitting at the bar of Bilbo’s Underground Tavern in Kalamazoo, MI, a fellow graduate student said Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea was “the most perfect novel ever written.” Such proclamations aren’t uncommon for graduate students, especially after a couple of beers, but with time I’ve come to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Old, Man, and, the, Sea:, Catholic, Classic, for, Everyone</media:keywords>
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<title>10 Weeks to Spiritual Advancement with St. Ignatius</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/10-weeks-to-spiritual-advancement-with-st-ignatius</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ About twenty years ago, I launched a program for daily life that has since changed thousands of lives—one based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Years later, I still frequently encounter people grateful for having gone through this ten-week program, as it radically transformed their ways of thinking, deciding, acting—in fact, their ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Weeks, Spiritual, Advancement, with, St., Ignatius</media:keywords>
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<title>We Must Build a Culture of Vocations for Young People</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/we-must-build-a-culture-of-vocations-for-young-people</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I was scrolling through my Instagram page for campus ministry the other day and stumbled on a well-known social media type telling people we don’t need to encourage vocations to religious life and the priesthood. He implied that they would “just happen.” Yes and no, but I have to disagree for the most part. The ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Must, Build, Culture, Vocations, for, Young, People</media:keywords>
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<title>What Ecumenism Is and Is Not</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-ecumenism-is-and-is-not</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-ecumenism-is-and-is-not</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In John’s Gospel, Jesus addresses the religious leaders of his day, “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also” (Jn. 5:19). Though Jesus Christ is God, He is perfectly obedient to the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Ecumenism, and, Not</media:keywords>
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<title>God’s Hidden Plan Revealed: Third Sunday of Easter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/gods-hidden-plan-revealed-third-sunday-of-easter</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Scripture lesson by a mysterious Stranger on a dusty road prepares two disciples to recognize the Risen Jesus in the breaking of bread; what did they learn? Gospel (Read Lk. 24:13-35) Isn’t it interesting that when Jesus appeared to two “downcast” (Lk. 24:17) disciples on Resurrection Day, He didn’t do the very thing that ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>God’s, Hidden, Plan, Revealed:, Third, Sunday, Easter</media:keywords>
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<title>Translation, Transformation, and Doctrine: Theological Implications of Language and Meaning</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/translation-transformation-and-doctrine-theological-implications-of-language-and-meaning</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This article examines the theological and pastoral implications of translations in Catholic doctrine and practice. It demonstrates how linguistic decisions have contributed to enduring misunderstandings, problematic practices, and significant historical developments. The article argues that attention to original languages and historical contexts is essential for responsible doctrinal interpretation and pastoral practice. Christian doctrines have undergone ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Translation, Transformation, and, Doctrine:, Theological, Implications, Language, and, Meaning</media:keywords>
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<title>Defending the Gospels’ Human Authors</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/defending-the-gospels-human-authors</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/defending-the-gospels-human-authors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How many of us have heard a priest or professor claim that the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were probably not written by those men but were merely products of the early Christian community? Those promoting this view are often well intentioned, but given an environment of post-Enlightenment suspicion, it can be ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Defending, the, Gospels’, Human, Authors</media:keywords>
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<title>Our History and Hope in Divine Mercy</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/our-history-and-hope-in-divine-mercy</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/our-history-and-hope-in-divine-mercy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus said to Sister Faustina: My child, life on earth is a struggle indeed; a great struggle for my kingdom. But fear not, because you are not alone. I am always supporting you, so lean on Me as you struggle, fearing nothing. Take the vessel of trust and draw from the fountain of life for ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Our, History, and, Hope, Divine, Mercy</media:keywords>
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<title>What Is Your Priority?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-is-your-priority</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you are old enough to have taken a Franklin Day Planner or a similar course to improve your time management skills, you are probably familiar with the idea of discerning what your truest priorities are. In fact, there are many spaces in popular culture today where we speak about our priorities and how we ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Revenge of the Slaves or Victory of Christ?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/revenge-of-the-slaves-or-victory-of-christ</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In an earlier article, I wrote about Satan’s temptation of our ancestors which conducted them upward to become “like gods,” resulting in the master and slave polarity “so rooted in our human condition that when God became man, He had to choose between one of them.” St. Paul declared that Christ chose “the form of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Revenge, the, Slaves, Victory, Christ</media:keywords>
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<title>The Apparent Hypocrisy of Christ: A Tribute to Messori</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-apparent-hypocrisy-of-christ-a-tribute-to-messori</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Beloved and influential Catholic journalist and apologist, Vittorio Messori, passed away on the evening of Good Friday 2026.  It was a fitting day for this stalwart brother in Christ and son of the Church to leave this world.  In addition to being a devoted Italian husband, Messori was an avid defender of the Faith who ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Apparent, Hypocrisy, Christ:, Tribute, Messori</media:keywords>
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<title>Art is the Signature of Man</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/art-is-the-signature-of-man</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/art-is-the-signature-of-man</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When studying on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant in the south of France back in the 1990s, I was privileged to see the caves of Lascaux. Well, sort of. No one is allowed in the actual caves, but in a very clever move, the French created an exact replica of the caves just ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Art, the, Signature, Man</media:keywords>
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<title>The Danger of Constant Noise: Helping Teens Rediscover Silence in the Digital Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-danger-of-constant-noise-helping-teens-rediscover-silence-in-the-digital-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-danger-of-constant-noise-helping-teens-rediscover-silence-in-the-digital-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As a high school teacher, I am in a constant battle for my students’ attention. My main nemesis: the smartphone. I am not one to vilify all tech or the use of tech as damaging. However, the trends that I have noticed over the course of my career cannot be ignored. What used to be ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Danger, Constant, Noise:, Helping, Teens, Rediscover, Silence, the, Digital, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>Conscience Is Not What You Think It Is, Part 1</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/conscience-is-not-what-you-think-it-is-part-1</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Few words in contemporary Catholic discourse are used more often, and more carelessly, than conscience. How many times have we heard it? “I have to follow my conscience.” Very often, the phrase is treated as if it ends the discussion. No correction is possible. No appeal can be made. The individual conscience is presented as ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Conscience, Not, What, You, Think, Is, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>The Unending Triumph of Mercy</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-unending-triumph-of-mercy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday’s Gospel records a post-Resurrection appearance of Jesus in which a flow of mercy to sinners starts that will not stop until we have all attained the goal of our Faith: the salvation of our souls. Gospel (Read Jn. 20:19-31) The celebration of Our Lord’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday usually focuses on the sheer ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Way of Light: Praying the Stations of the Resurrection During Easter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-way-of-light-praying-the-stations-of-the-resurrection-during-easter</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For many Catholics, the spiritual intensity of Lent culminates in a familiar and beloved devotion: the Stations of the Cross. Throughout the forty days, we walk with Christ from His condemnation to His burial, meditating on the suffering through which our redemption was won. But once Easter arrives, many of those Lenten devotions quietly disappear. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Way, Light:, Praying, the, Stations, the, Resurrection, During, Easter</media:keywords>
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<title>The Time of Mercy Is Now &amp;amp; We Have a Duty to Receive It</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-time-of-mercy-is-now-we-have-a-duty-to-receive-it</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-time-of-mercy-is-now-we-have-a-duty-to-receive-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In paragraph 965 of her Diary, Jesus said to St. Faustina: Souls perish in spite of My bitter Passion. I am giving them the last hope of salvation; that is, the Feast of My Mercy. If they will not adore My mercy, they will perish for all eternity. Secretary of My mercy, write, tell souls ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Time, Mercy, Now, Have, Duty, Receive</media:keywords>
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<title>Deification: Becoming Gods in This Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/deification-becoming-gods-in-this-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/deification-becoming-gods-in-this-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a previous article, I wrote about moral perfection in this life, but I focused on contrasting mortal and venial sins for the purposes of helping us to remove sin from our lives and grow in holiness. In that article, which you can find by clicking here, I briefly mentioned deification, of which eradicating sin ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Deification:, Becoming, Gods, This, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>The One Thing Necessary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-one-thing-necessary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-one-thing-necessary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “If you don’t remember anything else, remember this one thing!” A parent may use these words to emphasize an essential piece of advice given to a child. An employer may do the same when entrusting an employee with an important project. The implication: if this one thing is overlooked, no matter what else is accomplished, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, One, Thing, Necessary</media:keywords>
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<title>Welcoming Our Brothers and Sisters with Disabilities into Church</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/welcoming-our-brothers-and-sisters-with-disabilities-into-church</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/welcoming-our-brothers-and-sisters-with-disabilities-into-church</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “There are among us so many who are poor and elderly, in need of our understanding, respect, love and compassion, especially if they are sick, handicapped, helpless or alone.” – Mother Teresa As I sat down to write this article, I had an interesting realization. In my 40+ years as a Catholic, I had never ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Welcoming, Our, Brothers, and, Sisters, with, Disabilities, into, Church</media:keywords>
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<title>Defense of Mary: A Sacred Fugue</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/defense-of-mary-a-sacred-fugue</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/defense-of-mary-a-sacred-fugue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Imagine listening to a Bach fugue in which one of the opening voices introduces the theme but never returns. The subject is stated, the music unfolds, the harmony advances—yet a register of the composition seems strangely incomplete. The structure of a fugue depends on voices entering and reentering, echoing and developing the original motif until ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Defense, Mary:, Sacred, Fugue</media:keywords>
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<title>The Resurrection Is Not Myth</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-resurrection-is-not-myth</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-resurrection-is-not-myth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Something strange is happening, there is a great stillness on earth today, a great silence and stillness.   So states an ancient sermon regarding Christ’s descent into the netherworld. The earth trembled and is now still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept since the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Resurrection, Not, Myth</media:keywords>
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<title>The Great Mystery of Holy Saturday</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-great-mystery-of-holy-saturday</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-great-mystery-of-holy-saturday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Christian contemplation takes in the mystery of death and sees it transformed by the Word of the Father. It is not more powerful than the love of God. It’s hellish currents cannot drown out desire that the Lord has for us to live. This is a true spiritual reality, a great drama that God takes ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Great, Mystery, Holy, Saturday</media:keywords>
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<title>The Empty Tomb’s Absence Prepares Us for His Presence</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-empty-tombs-absence-prepares-us-for-his-presence</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-empty-tombs-absence-prepares-us-for-his-presence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Easter Sunday’s Gospel describes an absence that confounds the disciples but prepares them for the Presence their hearts so deeply desire. Gospel (Read Jn. 20:1-9) On Palm Sunday, the narrative of Our Lord’s Passion ended with these words:  “So they [the chief priests and Pharisees] went and secured the tomb by fixing a seal to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Empty, Tomb’s, Absence, Prepares, for, His, Presence</media:keywords>
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<title>Piercing the Heart of God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/piercing-the-heart-of-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/piercing-the-heart-of-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While some Christians may be unaware that the Sacred Heart of Christ was pierced by a Roman centurion during the Crucifixion (Jn. 19:32-34)—and many who are aware assume it was merely an outrageous act of desecration by a sadistic soldier—the piercing was arguably one of the most cosmically consequential acts in salvation history. In fact, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Piercing, the, Heart, God</media:keywords>
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<title>Not a Sympathetic Villain: Judas’ Betrayal</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/not-a-sympathetic-villain-judas-betrayal</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/not-a-sympathetic-villain-judas-betrayal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. (Mt. 26:15-16) There is no shortage of books written or movies produced in which the villain is portrayed in a sympathetic light. We see his “backstory,” one which explains his evil actions as having ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Not, Sympathetic, Villain:, Judas’, Betrayal</media:keywords>
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<title>Holy Week Was Political—And It Still Is</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/holy-week-was-politicaland-it-still-is</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/holy-week-was-politicaland-it-still-is</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It is tempting to see Holy Week as purely spiritual and separate from the tensions and social variables of public life. However, the narrative of Our Lord’s Passion did not unfold in a vacuum. It transpired at the intersection of law, religious authority, public opinion, and imperial domination. That is why Holy Week was undeniably ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Holy, Week, Was, Political—And, Still</media:keywords>
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<title>Q&amp;amp;A with Mystic Alicja Lenczewska</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/qa-with-mystic-alicja-lenczewska</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/qa-with-mystic-alicja-lenczewska</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I invite you to explore the interior dialogues of the modern Polish mystic Alicja Lenczewska. This new Q&amp;A series delves into her journals to offer Jesus’s direct guidance on a plethora of themes: the discernment of God’s will, pride, the Devil’s traps, humility, sacrifice, and discovering God’s presence in our neighbour. If possible, the author, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Q&amp;A, with, Mystic, Alicja, Lenczewska</media:keywords>
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<title>Stop Fleeing Suffering: The Humility and Healing of Holy Thursday</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/stop-fleeing-suffering-the-humility-and-healing-of-holy-thursday</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/stop-fleeing-suffering-the-humility-and-healing-of-holy-thursday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On Holy Thursday, we are called to remember the Institution of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders. We walk with Christ to the Last Supper and end the Mass of the Lord’s Supper by accompanying Him to Gethsemane and ultimately to the Cross. At the Last Supper, on top of the glorious gifts of the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Stop, Fleeing, Suffering:, The, Humility, and, Healing, Holy, Thursday</media:keywords>
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<title>Unworthy Communion at Easter: What Should We Do?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/unworthy-communion-at-easter-what-should-we-do</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/unworthy-communion-at-easter-what-should-we-do</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sacred Triduum is upon us, marking the passion of Jesus Christ; His suffering and death on a cross; the celebration of His glorious resurrection at Easter…and people going up for Holy Communion who should not be. Catholic talk shows field calls ahead of time from loved ones asking, “What should I do to stop ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Unworthy, Communion, Easter:, What, Should, Do</media:keywords>
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<title>Jean Louis Berlandier and the Pious Witness of America</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/jean-louis-berlandier-and-the-pious-witness-of-america</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/jean-louis-berlandier-and-the-pious-witness-of-america</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jean-Louis Berlandier was a French Catholic who journeyed to America and lived in northern Mexico near the Texas border. From the 1820s to the early 1850s, he was the only great savant in the region: a physician, apothecary, botanist, meteorologist, ornithologist, and pious scientist, as his many manuscripts reveal. He served as a surgeon during ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jean, Louis, Berlandier, and, the, Pious, Witness, America</media:keywords>
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<title>Why People Fall from Faith &amp;amp; the Fear of Accepting God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-people-fall-from-faith-the-fear-of-accepting-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-people-fall-from-faith-the-fear-of-accepting-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why do people refuse to accept God in their lives? What makes a person decide to be an atheist? Why does someone have faith, then lose it? Then again, why do others have faith their entire lives despite being surrounded by atheists and agnostics? Only God can truly know the answers to these questions, since ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, People, Fall, from, Faith, the, Fear, Accepting, God</media:keywords>
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<title>Doing God’s Work Doesn’t Mean He Owes Us</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/doing-gods-work-doesnt-mean-he-owes-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/doing-gods-work-doesnt-mean-he-owes-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Three weeks ago, I went to Taiwan—joyfully, gratefully, and with a deep sense of privilege. I felt immensely blessed to be part of the Lord’s work, to preach, speak, serve, and pour myself out for souls. Then I came home to Michigan, expecting to plunge immediately into the mountain of work waiting for me at ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Doing, God’s, Work, Doesn’t, Mean, Owes</media:keywords>
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<title>Celebrate Holy Week with The Stations of the Eucharist</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/celebrate-holy-week-with-the-stations-of-the-eucharist</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/celebrate-holy-week-with-the-stations-of-the-eucharist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When I attended a Stations of the Eucharist presentation, it was electric. Other attendants and I were fascinated as the story of our salvation and the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist was foretold in the Old Testament and revealed in the New Testament. “It started with a talk that I gave at ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Celebrate, Holy, Week, with, The, Stations, the, Eucharist</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Do Elites Hate Catholics?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-do-elites-hate-catholics</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-do-elites-hate-catholics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The secret that everyone knows in the pre-apocalyptic era is that the vast majority of the world’s people, economic systems, political priorities, and cultural trends are controlled by an upper-crust minority wielding unprecedented power and prestige. It is the result of the devouring monopolies of mega-corporations and the collusion of the super-rich to get super ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Elites, Hate, Catholics</media:keywords>
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<title>The Irony and Prophesy of Palm Sunday</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-irony-and-prophesy-of-palm-sunday</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-irony-and-prophesy-of-palm-sunday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Palm Sunday’s Gospel is a drama that is at once both intensely human and profoundly supernatural—the mystery of Christ’s Passion. Gospel (Read Mt. 26:14-27:66) On Palm Sunday, Catholics all over the globe, in every nation and time zone, in public and sometimes in secret, stand at attention to hear the longest Gospel narrative of the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Irony, and, Prophesy, Palm, Sunday</media:keywords>
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<title>Using Strategic Planning for Salvation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/using-strategic-planning-for-salvation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/using-strategic-planning-for-salvation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We Christians sometimes struggle to identify concrete ways to fulfill our charge to be holy (perfect) as our God is holy (perfect). This charge is given to us both in the Old (Lev. 19:2) and New Testaments (Mt. 5:48). How can we as Christians respond to this most challenging charge? Strategic planning can help. There’s ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Using, Strategic, Planning, for, Salvation</media:keywords>
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<title>Finish Lent Strong</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/finish-lent-strong</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/finish-lent-strong</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every year, Lent begins with a kind of spiritual adrenaline. On Ash Wednesday we hear the solemn words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” and suddenly everything feels urgent. Churches are full. Prayer resolutions are bold. Fasting plans are ambitious. We promise God we will pray more, give more, sacrifice ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Finish, Lent, Strong</media:keywords>
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<title>“Dear None”: Questions that Confirm Catholicism as the True Religion, Part 1</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/dear-none-questions-that-confirm-catholicism-as-the-true-religion-part-1</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/dear-none-questions-that-confirm-catholicism-as-the-true-religion-part-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I cried out, “My God, ‘I choose all.’ I don’t want to be a saint by halves… I choose all that You will.” (St. Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church) Dear None, When St. Therese proclaimed her choice to fulfill the will of God, she was expressing a choice we all make in our ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“Dear, None”:, Questions, that, Confirm, Catholicism, the, True, Religion, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>The Duty to Rebuke Temerity</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-duty-to-rebuke-temerity</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-duty-to-rebuke-temerity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The high-profile basketball coach at a prominent Catholic University made his way into the news some time ago by professing his support for abortion. The local bishop called for the school to discipline the coach in the interest of protecting the school’s reputation as a Catholic institution. The issue was sensationalized by the press. A ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Duty, Rebuke, Temerity</media:keywords>
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<title>The Seat of Moses and the Crucifixion of Christ</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-seat-of-moses-and-the-crucifixion-of-christ</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-seat-of-moses-and-the-crucifixion-of-christ</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Matthew 23, Our Lord declares that the scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Christ is addressing with a historical gravity the structure that every faithful Jew would have recognized with reverence. In that brief statement, Christ affirmed a visible, historical authority that stretches back through Sinai, through ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Seat, Moses, and, the, Crucifixion, Christ</media:keywords>
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<title>“Dear None”: Questions that Confirm Catholicism as the True Religion, Part 2</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/dear-none-questions-that-confirm-catholicism-as-the-true-religion-part-2</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/dear-none-questions-that-confirm-catholicism-as-the-true-religion-part-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Part 1 of this letter asked you two imperative and inescapable questions to help pinpoint your life’s belief system. If you answered a Transcendent Reality and a Creative and Willing Purpose, you narrowed down your life’s selection to one of five major religions: Catholic Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Calvinism, or Lutheranism. After answering four more such ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“Dear, None”:, Questions, that, Confirm, Catholicism, the, True, Religion, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Deal with Pain</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-deal-with-pain</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-deal-with-pain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I want you to think about your death for a moment. Not your judgment, not heaven, hell, or purgatory, but the actual final moment of your life on this earth. Like all sorrows, our closing scene is shrouded in mystery: Will it come swiftly or must we endure long suffering? Will we be alone or ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Deal, with, Pain</media:keywords>
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<title>Losing Jesus &amp;amp; Mary’s Greatly Troubled Heart</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/losing-jesus-marys-greatly-troubled-heart</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/losing-jesus-marys-greatly-troubled-heart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After the child Jesus has been presented to the Lord in the temple, the only information we are given about Him until He reaches the age of twelve is that He “grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him” (Lk. 2:40). Are we to take from this scant ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Losing, Jesus, Mary’s, Greatly, Troubled, Heart</media:keywords>
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<title>The Quiet Guardian: Why St. Joseph is for Everyone</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-quiet-guardian-why-st-joseph-is-for-everyone</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-quiet-guardian-why-st-joseph-is-for-everyone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As Director of the Lasallian Student Life Office at Christian Brothers High School, I am honored to serve our students. At the heart of our Sacramento campus is the main lawn, where students gather between classes, at lunch, and during breaks. Watching over this lively scene daily is a statue of St. Joseph, positioned prominently ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Quiet, Guardian:, Why, St., Joseph, for, Everyone</media:keywords>
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<title>I Am the Resurrection and the Life: Fifth Sunday of Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/i-am-the-resurrection-and-the-life-fifth-sunday-of-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/i-am-the-resurrection-and-the-life-fifth-sunday-of-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus turns mourning into joy when He raises Lazarus from the dead. Gospel (Read Jn. 11:1-45) This Gospel gives us a story about Jesus raising the dead to life, something He did on at least two other occasions (see Lk. 7:11:17, Mk. 5:21-23).  This episode, however, is profoundly different from those ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>the, Resurrection, and, the, Life:, Fifth, Sunday, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>It Is in Dying that We Are Born to Eternal Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/it-is-in-dying-that-we-are-born-to-eternal-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/it-is-in-dying-that-we-are-born-to-eternal-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Francis’ Relics Remind Pilgrims the Importance of Dying to Self During Lent and Beyond Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat, but if it dies, it produces much fruit. (Jn. 12:24) Humility, awe, and reverence.  Those are ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dying, that, Are, Born, Eternal, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Rediscovering the Fixed Prayers of Catholicism</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/rediscovering-the-fixed-prayers-of-catholicism</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/rediscovering-the-fixed-prayers-of-catholicism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For most people, prayer is a struggle. Rightly does the Catechism of the Catholic Church compare the life of prayer to Jacob wrestling with the angel (CCC 2573), as most people find prayer to be a challenge that requires consistent effort to persevere in. Yet, as a wrestler trains himself to overcome through consistent, disciplined ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rediscovering, the, Fixed, Prayers, Catholicism</media:keywords>
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<title>“My Voice, My Choice” and the Silence Beneath It</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/my-voice-my-choice-and-the-silence-beneath-it</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/my-voice-my-choice-and-the-silence-beneath-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Europe is once again rallying around a slogan: My Voice, My Choice. The phrase has recently returned to the center of European political debate, especially as the European Parliament advances initiatives aimed at guaranteeing cross-border access to abortion when it is restricted in a woman’s home country. In the language of EU policy, this is ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“My, Voice, Choice”, and, the, Silence, Beneath</media:keywords>
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<title>5 Fun and Faith&#45;Filled St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Families</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/5-fun-and-faith-filled-st-patricks-day-activities-for-families</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/5-fun-and-faith-filled-st-patricks-day-activities-for-families</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Everyone loves St. Patrick’s Day: on March 17th, the Chicago River flows green, the Great Wall of China follows suit, and even astronauts floating in space find ways to celebrate! As Catholics, we know that St. Patrick’s Day commemorates the feast day of the bishop who lived in Ireland during the fifth century A.D. The ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fun, and, Faith-Filled, St., Patrick’s, Day, Activities, for, Families</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesian Spirituality for Lent: The Mundane Virtues</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-the-mundane-virtues</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-the-mundane-virtues</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Part Two of Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales, has exhorted his reader—the generic “Lover of God” named Philothea—to make grace the foundation for the pursuit of holiness, specifically accessed through prayer and the sacraments. In Part III, De Sales maintains his objective of helping Philothea answer the call to holiness. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesian, Spirituality, for, Lent:, The, Mundane, Virtues</media:keywords>
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<title>To See or Not to See…That is the Question</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/to-see-or-not-to-seethat-is-the-question</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/to-see-or-not-to-seethat-is-the-question</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A niece of mine once complained to her mother during Mass that her knees hurt from all the kneeling. My sister told her to offer it up and to look at the crucifix to see how Christ suffered for her. My niece looked at the crucifix, then turned to her mother and said, “Yeah, but ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>See, Not, See…That, the, Question</media:keywords>
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<title>Reclaiming Eden in a Backyard: On Growing Things Where You Are</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/reclaiming-eden-in-a-backyard-on-growing-things-where-you-are</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/reclaiming-eden-in-a-backyard-on-growing-things-where-you-are</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I used to believe I couldn’t begin the life I longed for until I lived somewhere else. I dreamed of a homestead: wide open space, chickens, rows of vegetables stretching toward the sky. I read every how-to book, watched YouTube videos of families living the life I wanted, and waited—aching—for the circumstances that would finally ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reclaiming, Eden, Backyard:, Growing, Things, Where, You, Are</media:keywords>
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<title>Providence, Law, Charity, and the Moral Limits of Political Violence</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/providence-law-charity-and-the-moral-limits-of-political-violence</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/providence-law-charity-and-the-moral-limits-of-political-violence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The recent military strike by the United States and Israel against Iran has provoked intense global debate. Russia, China, and North Korea quickly condemned the intervention as a violation of international law, and many Western commentators echoed similar accusations, appealing to the prohibition of the use of force found in the United Nations Charter. Such ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Providence, Law, Charity, and, the, Moral, Limits, Political, Violence</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Conquer Loneliness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-conquer-loneliness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-conquer-loneliness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is nothing more painful than loneliness. When a student misbehaves in a classroom, he is seated next to the teacher or sent to the principal’s office. When a child makes poor decisions at home, she is sent to her room. When a prisoner in jail commits the most heinous crimes, he is sent to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Conquer, Loneliness</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Paul’s Defense of the True Presence</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-pauls-defenseof-the-true-presence</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-pauls-defenseof-the-true-presence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As someone who moves frequently in Protestant and evangelical academic circles while remaining a practicing Catholic, I often encounter the assumption that certain Catholic doctrines lack biblical grounding. The papacy and Marian doctrines are common points of tension. But more than any other issue, the Eucharist consistently surfaces. The Catholic claim that the bread and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Paul’s, Defense of, the, True, Presence</media:keywords>
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<title>Give Me a Drink: The Samaritan’s Journey from “Jew” to “Savior”</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/give-me-a-drink-the-samaritans-journey-from-jew-to-savior</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/give-me-a-drink-the-samaritans-journey-from-jew-to-savior</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In those days, in their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses. The ancient Jews did not just grumble against Moses, they hated him. They hated him so much that they wanted to kill him. Maybe they had been slaves back in Egypt, but at least they were able to get something to eat ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Give, Drink:, The, Samaritan’s, Journey, from, “Jew”, “Savior”</media:keywords>
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<title>Do Catholics Favor War? The Urgent Task of Praying for Peace</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/do-catholics-favor-war-the-urgent-task-of-praying-for-peace</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/do-catholics-favor-war-the-urgent-task-of-praying-for-peace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The short answer is, “No.” Catholics favor peace. As the Book of Judges teaches, the Lord is peace (cf. 6:24). But to understand why Catholics favor peace, we must first understand what peace is. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is fullness of life (cf. Mal. 2:5). That is precisely the meaning ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Catholics, Favor, War, The, Urgent, Task, Praying, for, Peace</media:keywords>
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<title>Receive the Living Water: Third Sunday of Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/receive-the-living-water-third-sunday-of-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/receive-the-living-water-third-sunday-of-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the story of the Samaritan woman at the well, the disciples “marveled” that Jesus was talking with a woman. Will we marvel over this conversation, too? Gospel (Read Jn. 4:5-42) The story of the Samaritan woman at the well plants us deeply into the mystery of salvation—God’s great love for sinners. During Lent, we ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Receive, the, Living, Water:, Third, Sunday, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>How the Cross Was Transformed from a Murder Device to a Banner of Peace</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-the-cross-was-transformed-from-a-murder-device-to-a-banner-of-peace</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-the-cross-was-transformed-from-a-murder-device-to-a-banner-of-peace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Part 1, I discussed the transformation of the cross from a symbol of extreme cruelty to one of love. This radical shift prompts us to ask why God chose the cross and crucifixion as the central symbol and event, respectively, upon which Christian salvation rests. In Part 2, I will attempt to address the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, the, Cross, Was, Transformed, from, Murder, Device, Banner, Peace</media:keywords>
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<title>Why the Family Is the Human Habitat: The Need for a Place Where Life Can Grow</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-the-family-is-the-human-habitat-the-need-for-a-place-where-life-can-grow</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-the-family-is-the-human-habitat-the-need-for-a-place-where-life-can-grow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Gospel of the Holy Family presents us with something very concrete and very fragile: a child who must grow, parents who must protect him, and a family that must find a place where life can be lived. Before ideals, before projects, before explanations, there is something simpler and more decisive: a place where one ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, the, Family, the, Human, Habitat:, The, Need, for, Place, Where, Life, Can, Grow</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesian Spirituality for Lent: Prayer &amp;amp; Sacraments</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-prayer-sacraments</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-prayer-sacraments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Part One of the Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales shepherds Philothea—his generic name for the reader, which signifies a soul in love with God—toward transformation of the will; toward a life of devotion and holiness that would be the foundation of a blessed life. In Part Two, then, the bishop ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesian, Spirituality, for, Lent:, Prayer, Sacraments</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Catholics Don’t Do Sola Scriptura</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-catholics-dont-do-sola-scriptura</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-catholics-dont-do-sola-scriptura</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter. (2 Thes. 2:15) Whether you’re Catholic with Evangelical roots, or if you’ve ever been challenged with the question, “but where is that in the Bible?” then this article is for you. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Catholics, Don’t, Sola, Scriptura</media:keywords>
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<title>A Star and the Moon, Part III: The Lives of Alicja Lenczewska and St. Faustina Kowalska</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-star-and-the-moon-part-iii-the-lives-of-alicja-lenczewska-and-st-faustina-kowalska</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-star-and-the-moon-part-iii-the-lives-of-alicja-lenczewska-and-st-faustina-kowalska</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Part 2, I explored the early years of Alicja’s professional career and the era of religious awakening in Poland—a movement that profoundly shaped both her life and the lives of millions of Poles. I intentionally set aside the regrettable reality that, for many at the time, membership in the Communist Party was a condition ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Star, and, the, Moon, Part, III:, The, Lives, Alicja, Lenczewska, and, St., Faustina, Kowalska</media:keywords>
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<title>Quantum Physics in the Search for Truth</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/quantum-physics-in-the-search-for-truth</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/quantum-physics-in-the-search-for-truth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The history of Western thought can be read as a long dialogue between faith and reason. Far from being an inevitable confrontation, it has often been a demanding conversation—at times tense, yet profoundly fruitful. From the Church Fathers to contemporary physicists, humanity has sought to understand the mystery of the universe and the meaning of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Quantum, Physics, the, Search, for, Truth</media:keywords>
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<title>Fostering Christian Discipleship in Our Kids</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/fostering-christian-discipleship-in-our-kids</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/fostering-christian-discipleship-in-our-kids</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I glanced over at my daughter sitting at the table next to mine. One of my college students raced by, pushing a delighted young child in a toy car. My daughter had made the deliberate choice to sit beside an older woman who had been sitting alone. She was the grandmother of the young child ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fostering, Christian, Discipleship, Our, Kids</media:keywords>
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<title>Montaigne’s Path into Pious Science</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/montaignes-path-into-pious-science</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/montaignes-path-into-pious-science</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sixteenth-century France was a time of moral, political, and intellectual chaos, when the dearest assumptions of Western Tradition were turned upside down.       Born in 1533, Catholic intellectual Michel de Montaigne entered the sphere just as Nicolaus Copernicus was leaving it. Copernicus passed in 1543, shortly after his publication of On the Revolution of the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Montaigne’s, Path, into, Pious, Science</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Did God Create the Universe?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-did-god-create-the-universe</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-did-god-create-the-universe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Perhaps one of the most significant stumbling blocks to most would-be theologians is the question of why God created the universe at all. It is not a particularly complex question. In truth, it is a startlingly simple proposition, and one that is grounded in so much of our understanding of the world, God, and the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Did, God, Create, the, Universe</media:keywords>
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<title>You Cannot “Fail” Lent: Making Lent a Time of Formation not Evaluation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/you-cannot-fail-lent-making-lent-a-time-of-formation-not-evaluation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/you-cannot-fail-lent-making-lent-a-time-of-formation-not-evaluation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I have to remind myself of that every single year. As Lent progresses, I catch myself doing something a little silly: I start “grading” my heart. I slip right back into teacher mode with an imaginary rubric, a mental checklist, the whole thing. I begin evaluating how “prepared” or “holy” I feel, usually landing somewhere ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>You, Cannot, “Fail”, Lent:, Making, Lent, Time, Formation, not, Evaluation</media:keywords>
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<title>8 Tips for Developing a Habit of Reading Scripture During Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/8-tips-for-developing-a-habit-of-reading-scripture-during-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/8-tips-for-developing-a-habit-of-reading-scripture-during-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Understanding Lent and the Penitential Action of Reading Scripture With the arrival of Lent, many of us find ourselves asking the typical questions: What will I be giving up as a penitential sacrifice? How will I grow closer to the Lord? Choosing to dedicate more time to the reading of Scripture during Lent is something ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tips, for, Developing, Habit, Reading, Scripture, During, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>The Gift of Brokenness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-gift-of-brokenness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-gift-of-brokenness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I have spent my entire adult life surrounded by the most broken people. I have walked with sexual abuse and rape victims. I served as a 9/11 relief worker to the families of those murdered at the Pentagon. I walked with combat Veterans who were sole survivors of IED blasts. Listened to Marines and soldiers ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Gift, Brokenness</media:keywords>
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<title>The Meaning of the Transfiguration: Second Sunday in Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-meaning-of-the-transfiguration-second-sunday-in-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-meaning-of-the-transfiguration-second-sunday-in-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus takes His closest friends up a mountain to pray, an action packed with meaning for the Jews.  Why? Gospel (Read Mt. 17:1-9) The meaning of this Sunday’s Gospel is greatly enriched if we understand the context in which it appears, both within Matthew’s Gospel and the larger story of salvation history.  Time spent on ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Meaning, the, Transfiguration:, Second, Sunday, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>How the Cross Expresses God’s Power, Providence, and Eternal View</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-the-cross-expresses-gods-power-providence-and-eternal-view</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-the-cross-expresses-gods-power-providence-and-eternal-view</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Among all symbols that have passed through human history, none is more paradoxical than the Christian cross. During the Roman Empire of the first century, the cross was not a religious emblem. It was an instrument of state-sanctioned terror—a humiliating form of death reserved only for the most despised of criminals. Furthermore, it was intended ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, the, Cross, Expresses, God’s, Power, Providence, and, Eternal, View</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Doesn’t God Bless Me?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-doesnt-god-bless-me</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-doesnt-god-bless-me</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “I know I’m not supposed to say this, but God’s promises don’t seem to apply to me,” a family member said to me recently. I didn’t bother looking up from my work and just gave her the theologically true response, “God wills everything that happens to you for your good, even the things that are ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Doesn’t, God, Bless, Me</media:keywords>
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<title>The Monastic Edge on Caring for the Sick</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-monastic-edge-on-caring-for-the-sick</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-monastic-edge-on-caring-for-the-sick</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The most striking way I have seen the Church with the sick is in the person of Pope St. John Paul II. In his later years, he was a sick man among the sick. Confined to his wheelchair, with disease overtaking his body, he stood before the people and showed us the dignity of human ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Monastic, Edge, Caring, for, the, Sick</media:keywords>
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<title>The Time Has Come for Easter Union</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-time-has-come-for-easter-union</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-time-has-come-for-easter-union</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On November 29, 2025, on the eve of the Feast of St. Andrew, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Pope Leo XIV signed a historic Joint Declaration at the Phanar in Istanbul, where both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the goal of restoring full communion between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. They expressed a shared ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Time, Has, Come, for, Easter, Union</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Fast?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-fast</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-fast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the daily lectionary readings recently, we heard the prophet Isaiah explain that fasting is simply a means to an end. If our fasting does not produce good fruit in our life, and in the lives of those around us, then it is meaningless! He proclaims: Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day,    and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Fast</media:keywords>
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<title>Weekly Goals for Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/weekly-goals-for-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/weekly-goals-for-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Our liturgical year’s first slice of Ordinary Time has given way to the great season of Lent. We have barely put away the last of our Christmas decorations, and the Church has us turning our minds and hearts toward the Cross. Or so it might seem. Our Lenten journey through the Gospel ends in Jerusalem ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Weekly, Goals, for, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>How Not to Worry</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-not-to-worry</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-not-to-worry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Worry is the air in a world of unknowns. We breathe it in as if it were the life force by which we have our motion. Will war break out today in the world, on my block, in my soul? Are children becoming the men and women we’re teaching them to be? Will I have ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Not, Worry</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesian Spirituality for Lent: Purified by God’s Grace &amp;amp; Personal Effort</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-purified-by-gods-grace-personal-effort</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-purified-by-gods-grace-personal-effort</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Having examined St. Francis de Sales’s exhortation to perseverance (in Part Four of the Introduction), which is helpful at the beginning of Lent, it is right to turn and examine the pilgrimage along which he guided “Philothea”—the soul interested in growing in devotion. The bishop and spiritual director aimed to move souls from initial desire ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesian, Spirituality, for, Lent:, Purified, God’s, Grace, Personal, Effort</media:keywords>
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<title>What Helps Us Choose Between Two Goods?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-helps-us-choose-between-two-goods</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-helps-us-choose-between-two-goods</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There are many times in our lives when we must make decisions between competing goods. These decisions are much harder because there is not the black-and-white good-versus-evil dichotomy which renders the decision clear and easy. Instead, we must prayerfully discern God’s will and where He is calling us. We must seek to be obedient to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Helps, Choose, Between, Two, Goods</media:keywords>
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<title>Fall in the Garden, Victory in the Desert: First Sunday of Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/fall-in-the-garden-victory-in-the-desert-first-sunday-of-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/fall-in-the-garden-victory-in-the-desert-first-sunday-of-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus faces God’s enemy and ours, the one who has hated us from the beginning. Gospel (Read Mt. 4:1-11) The Gospel reading begins with the phrase, “At that time,” to describe this scene of Jesus’ temptation by the devil.  At what time?  In the previous chapter, Jesus had just been baptized in the Jordan River, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fall, the, Garden, Victory, the, Desert:, First, Sunday, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>The Pattern of Temptations and How to Overcome Them</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-pattern-of-temptations-and-how-to-overcome-them</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-pattern-of-temptations-and-how-to-overcome-them</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As we begin Lent, Christ’s three temptations in the desert give us the pattern by which we too are tested. Hence this Gospel is paired with the First Reading about the testing of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Where they fail, Jesus is victorious. Jesus’ temptations, like our own, are a testing ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Pattern, Temptations, and, How, Overcome, Them</media:keywords>
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<title>When a Tantrum Isn’t a Tantrum: Responding to Childhood Meltdowns with Grace</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-a-tantrum-isnt-a-tantrum-responding-to-childhood-meltdowns-with-grace</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-a-tantrum-isnt-a-tantrum-responding-to-childhood-meltdowns-with-grace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I didn’t have a child abuse accusation on my bingo card that morning, but it showed up anyway. I’d dropped my kindergartner off at school. Her younger sister, a toddler, was quiet in the back seat. I had errands to run, and there was a big-box store on the way home. One quick stop would ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, Tantrum, Isn’t, Tantrum:, Responding, Childhood, Meltdowns, with, Grace</media:keywords>
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<title>What is Your Reason for Doing Good?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-is-your-reason-for-doing-good</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-is-your-reason-for-doing-good</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Whenever I ask people about their spiritual and moral lives, I usually get answers like: “I go to Mass sometimes.” “I tell the truth sometimes.” “I am honest sometimes.” “I am chaste sometimes.” “I pray sometimes.” “I forgive sometimes.” Why do we so easily settle for inconstancy in doing the good things?   Jesus uses ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Your, Reason, for, Doing, Good</media:keywords>
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<title>Seeking the Holy Face During Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/seeking-the-holy-face-during-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/seeking-the-holy-face-during-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I have been playing “Peek-a-boo” with my young grandchildren lately. They delight in playing it, routinely squealing with laughter each time a loving face is revealed. However, a child’s joyful response depends upon two important requirements. First, the duration of time in which either the child’s face or the adult’s face is hidden must be ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Seeking, the, Holy, Face, During, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>40 Reasons To Be Catholic (for Non&#45;Catholics)</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/40-reasons-to-be-catholic-for-non-catholics</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/40-reasons-to-be-catholic-for-non-catholics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why be Catholic? For many, the answer is deeply personal. For some, the reasons develop gradually through a lived experience. Catholicism is not simply a set of rules or beliefs; it is a way of life grounded in Scripture and tradition. It connects heaven and earth, past and present, body and soul. As we now ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reasons, Catholic, for, Non-Catholics</media:keywords>
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<title>Taking Babies from Mothers: The Hypocrisy of Vegan Billboards and Abortion Laws</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/taking-babies-from-mothers-the-hypocrisy-of-vegan-billboards-and-abortion-laws</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/taking-babies-from-mothers-the-hypocrisy-of-vegan-billboards-and-abortion-laws</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Dairy Takes Babies From Their Mothers.” A professor I used to know once saw the above statement written in big letters on a billboard in Dublin, along with a picture of a momma cow licking her cute baby calf. At the bottom of the billboard was the website GoVeganWorld.com. Its title page stated: “We all ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Taking, Babies, from, Mothers:, The, Hypocrisy, Vegan, Billboards, and, Abortion, Laws</media:keywords>
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<title>Remember Your Death So That You Live Well</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/remember-your-death-so-that-you-live-well</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/remember-your-death-so-that-you-live-well</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One year during Lent, I decided to follow a daily devotional entitled, Memento Mori, a book of meditations on the subject of death. I must say, not too many years ago I would have been shocked to know that my future self would ever entertain the notion of picking up such a book; death was ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Remember, Your, Death, That, You, Live, Well</media:keywords>
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<title>The Instructions to Heaven Written on Our Hearts: Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-instructions-to-heaven-written-on-our-hearts-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-instructions-to-heaven-written-on-our-hearts-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus told the crowd listening to Him on a mountain that their righteousness must “surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees.”  Why? Gospel (Read Mt. 5:17-37) In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave His followers extended, detailed instructions about life in the Kingdom of God.  He started with the Beatitudes, describing “blessedness” in terms ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Instructions, Heaven, Written, Our, Hearts:, Sixth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>The New Law, Nourishment of the Heart</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-new-law-nourishment-of-the-heart</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-new-law-nourishment-of-the-heart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sermon on the Mount raises the moral bar, as it goes beyond the mere letter of the Law into the spiritual depths of the heart. It challenges us to cultivate hearts attuned to the ways of God. Our righteousness is to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees by not simply avoiding murder, adultery, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, New, Law, Nourishment, the, Heart</media:keywords>
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<title>Humility and Receptivity Needed in Catholic Dating</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/humility-and-receptivity-needed-in-catholic-dating</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/humility-and-receptivity-needed-in-catholic-dating</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After writing an article last month for Catholic Exchange called “Love at First Sight? Lessons From the Saints,” I received a beautiful message from a subscriber pointing out an oversight in the discussion. In that piece, I strongly challenged Catholic men to take the initiative and be bold in pursuing women with virtue. The reader ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Humility, and, Receptivity, Needed, Catholic, Dating</media:keywords>
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<title>“Look Me in the Eye:” Abortion Survivors, Super Bowl Scandal, and the Salt of True Witness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/look-me-in-the-eye-abortion-survivors-super-bowl-scandal-and-the-salt-of-true-witness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/look-me-in-the-eye-abortion-survivors-super-bowl-scandal-and-the-salt-of-true-witness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Salt in its Blessedness You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not let the salt of the covenant with your God be lacking from your grain offering. That was God’s instruction in Leviticus (2:13). Salt was poured on the offering to prevent decay and corruption. It prevented the ancient Hebrews from giving ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“Look, the, Eye:”, Abortion, Survivors, Super, Bowl, Scandal, and, the, Salt, True, Witness</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Choose a Sacrifice this Lent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-choose-a-sacrifice-this-lent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-choose-a-sacrifice-this-lent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “The Glory of God is a human fully alive.” – St. Irenaeus of Lyons So, you’re thinking about giving up sweets for Lent…again. How’d that go for you last year? Did you become a galvanized spiritual soldier whose wisdom mimics that of Solomon and whose devotion is like that of St. Joseph? I kid. I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Choose, Sacrifice, this, Lent</media:keywords>
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<title>Cardinal Burke Visits Chalco and Sees Hope for the World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/cardinal-burke-visits-chalco-and-sees-hope-for-the-world</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/cardinal-burke-visits-chalco-and-sees-hope-for-the-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On a cold, Wisconsin night around Christmastime, Cardinal Raymond Burke recalled one of the most warming moments of his 77 years. It had taken place just months earlier, at Villa de Las Niñas in Chalco, Mexico, where he walked among more than 3,000 girls living peacefully behind tall, stone walls at a vibrant Catholic boarding ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cardinal, Burke, Visits, Chalco, and, Sees, Hope, for, the, World</media:keywords>
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<title>Salesian Spirituality for Lent: Perseverance</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-perseverance</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/salesian-spirituality-for-lent-perseverance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Francis de Sales, a Doctor of the Church, lived and ministered as a priest and bishop in a region of France very close to Geneva, Switzerland. During his life, in the last half of the sixteenth century, the region had been overrun by Calvinism, and his monumental task was building trust and providing good ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Salesian, Spirituality, for, Lent:, Perseverance</media:keywords>
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<title>What Does It Mean to Be Human?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For years I wanted to follow in the footsteps of my paternal grandmother by becoming a high school English teacher. I had a deep love of literature, philosophy, and theology from a young age. My third-grade teacher introduced me to the awe-inspiring world of poetry. Shortly afterwards, I remember staring up in wonder at the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Does, Mean, Human</media:keywords>
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<title>A Baseball Fan Answers: Should Confession Ever Be Delayed?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-baseball-fan-answers-should-confession-ever-be-delayed</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-baseball-fan-answers-should-confession-ever-be-delayed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Theodore Samuel Williams, aka the “Splendid Splinter,” was my childhood hero. He was, without a doubt (at least in my imagination), baseball’s greatest hitter of all time. And he had the statistics to prove it. His .406 batting average in 1941 has yet to be approximated after 85 years. Williams was a controversial figure. People ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Baseball, Fan, Answers:, Should, Confession, Ever, Delayed</media:keywords>
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<title>Death as the Culmination of Christ’s Work in Our Lives</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/death-as-the-culmination-of-christs-work-in-our-lives</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/death-as-the-culmination-of-christs-work-in-our-lives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Catholic tradition, life and death are companions on a shared journey toward a final encounter with Love. If we understand the human and the Divine as collaborators in our sanctification from the moment of Baptism, then death represents the moment where this collaboration reaches its peak (CCC 1026). In dying, the imperfections of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Death, the, Culmination, Christ’s, Work, Our, Lives</media:keywords>
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<title>The Stories We Tell Ourselves—and the Story That Saves Us</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-stories-we-tell-ourselvesand-the-story-that-saves-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-stories-we-tell-ourselvesand-the-story-that-saves-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Power of Stories Great stories have a way of captivating us. Stories like J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The harrowing tale of characters like Frodo and Sam reflects themes of courage, friendship, and hope—all set against unimaginable darkness. So too do films like Man on Fire, where former CIA agent John Creasey ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Stories, Tell, Ourselves—and, the, Story, That, Saves</media:keywords>
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<title>How and Why Some Angels Fell from Grace</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-and-why-some-angels-fell-from-grace</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-and-why-some-angels-fell-from-grace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a previous article, we looked at why Adam and Eve, whom God created full of grace, sinned when Satan tempted them (click here to read it). But this begs the questions—what temptation caused Satan and other angels to sin, and why would God have created them knowing this would happen? This article will hopefully ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, and, Why, Some, Angels, Fell, from, Grace</media:keywords>
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<title>Healing the Priesthood After the Scandals</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/healing-the-priesthood-after-the-scandals</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/healing-the-priesthood-after-the-scandals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When the opportunity presented itself for me to read and review Rebuilding Trust: Clergy Morale in the Wake of the Abuse Crisis, I jumped at the chance. I have spent the last eight years studying the state of the priesthood ever since the abuse crisis blew wide open in the summer of 2018. I have ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Healing, the, Priesthood, After, the, Scandals</media:keywords>
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<title>We Are Blessed So As To Bless Others: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/we-are-blessed-so-as-to-bless-others-fifth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/we-are-blessed-so-as-to-bless-others-fifth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus promised blessing on those willing to follow Him.  But what did He want them to do with that blessing? Gospel (Read Mt. 5:13-16) St. Matthew tells us that as Jesus preached to a large crowd gathered on a mountain, He described for them the life of blessing (the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, Blessed, Bless, Others:, Fifth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>3 Principles for Interpreting Scripture</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/3-principles-for-interpreting-scripture</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/3-principles-for-interpreting-scripture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Recently I had a conversation with an older gentleman who has had a serious spirituality of the Word for over 50 years. He’d heard a talk I gave on the three spiritual senses of Scripture and had some time to practice them in his own prayer. He marveled over the riches they brought out of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Principles, for, Interpreting, Scripture</media:keywords>
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<title>When “Progress” Loses Its Spell: Euthanasia and LGBT Ideology Beyond the Overton Window</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-progress-loses-its-spell-euthanasia-and-lgbt-ideology-beyond-the-overton-window</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-progress-loses-its-spell-euthanasia-and-lgbt-ideology-beyond-the-overton-window</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For decades, debates over sexuality and the end of life have been framed as settled in advance, leaving many with the sense that Western societies would not merely change, but steadily accelerate away from the moral framework of Christian civilization. In both areas, moral change has been presented as moving in a single, predictable direction—what ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, “Progress”, Loses, Its, Spell:, Euthanasia, and, LGBT, Ideology, Beyond, the, Overton, Window</media:keywords>
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<title>Mary’s Unneeded Temple Purification and the Gift of Obedience</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/marys-unneeded-temple-purification-and-the-gift-of-obedience</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/marys-unneeded-temple-purification-and-the-gift-of-obedience</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After the forty days required for purification came to an end, Mary went to the temple to present her Son. Biblically speaking, the number forty often represents a time of preparation (the rains of the Great Flood fell for forty days; the Israelites wandered the desert for forty years; Jesus fasted in the desert for ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mary’s, Unneeded, Temple, Purification, and, the, Gift, Obedience</media:keywords>
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<title>Groundhog Day and the Light of the World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/groundhog-day-and-the-light-of-the-world</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/groundhog-day-and-the-light-of-the-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In American culture, the second day of February is Groundhog Day, especially popularized by the 1993 movie, in which Bill Murray hilariously repeats the same day over and over. As the tradition goes, everyone gathers in Punxsutawney, PA, to watch a groundhog emerge from its home to predict either six more weeks of winter or ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Groundhog, Day, and, the, Light, the, World</media:keywords>
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<title>Receive God’s Love Daily through Scripture</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/receive-gods-love-daily-through-scripture</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/receive-gods-love-daily-through-scripture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I recently came across an old woman begging at the roadside in the intense Manila afternoon heat. I was struck because she was not trying to make eye contact with the people passing by, as beggars usually do. Her money jar was set out in front of her, but she was focused on the Bible ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Receive, God’s, Love, Daily, through, Scripture</media:keywords>
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<title>The Nature of Freedom: Human Formation, Misdiscernment, and Vocation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-nature-of-freedom-human-formation-misdiscernment-and-vocation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-nature-of-freedom-human-formation-misdiscernment-and-vocation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A priest friend recently expressed his concern about the increasing fluidity of human identity and values over the past twenty years. His observation prompted me to reflect on insights drawn from Medieval philosophy—particularly from St. Thomas Aquinas—regarding the notion of tabula rasa, the idea that the human person is born as a “blank slate.” While ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Nature, Freedom:, Human, Formation, Misdiscernment, and, Vocation</media:keywords>
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<title>Disney vs Chesterton on Human History</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/disney-vs-chesterton-on-human-history</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/disney-vs-chesterton-on-human-history</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ G.K. Chesterton’s classic The Everlasting Man was originally written as an alternative account of human history to H.G. Wells’ The Outline of History.  He critiques Wells’ choices about what was most important in the history of humanity and proposes an alternative set of essential things that stick out, and thus deserve to be in an ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Disney, Chesterton, Human, History</media:keywords>
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<title>Silence Heals</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/silence-heals</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/silence-heals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Silence is very difficult to find and cultivate in our culture. The fact that we can be reached or connected to others 24/7 through smartphones leaves us in a constant state of unease. We don’t acknowledge this agitation. Instead, when we start feeling the anxiety or itch to “connect,” we simply grab our phones to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Silence, Heals</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Francis de Sales’ Guide to Starting Your Day Right</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-francis-de-sales-guide-to-starting-your-day-right</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-francis-de-sales-guide-to-starting-your-day-right</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In his everyday spirituality, St. Francis de Sales counsels us to begin at the beginning. Making God a part of that first conscious­ness of the new day starts things out on the right footing. Thus, St Francis’ Spiritual Directory opens with this exhortation: First of all on awakening, we are to direct our minds completely to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Francis, Sales’, Guide, Starting, Your, Day, Right</media:keywords>
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<title>Exegesis of the Word: On the Beatitudes as a Spiritual Portrait</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-beatitudes-as-a-spiritual-portrait</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-beatitudes-as-a-spiritual-portrait</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Some time ago, I had the practice of reading the Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7) or the Last Discourse of John (Jn. 14-17) at least once a week. I did so because these passages are so fundamental to the Christian life. Regularly going through the Sermon on the Mount caused varying dimensions of the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exegesis, the, Word:, the, Beatitudes, Spiritual, Portrait</media:keywords>
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<title>The Last Shall Be First at Compostela</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-last-shall-be-first-at-compostela</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-last-shall-be-first-at-compostela</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When I used to read parables like the Prodigal Son or the Workers in the Vineyard, my default had always been to identify with the older brother, or with the workers who showed up early in the morning. I sympathized with the older brother’s incredulity, and with the workers who complained they worked all day ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Last, Shall, First, Compostela</media:keywords>
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<title>Forgiveness for Our Freedom</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/forgiveness-for-our-freedom</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/forgiveness-for-our-freedom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sometimes, forgiveness is easy. A person makes an honest mistake, perhaps one you yourself have made before, and says he’s sorry. Hey, you tell him, it’s not a big deal, don’t worry about it. Within a few days, maybe even hours, you hardly remember what the person did wrong. Maybe the person commits an error ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Forgiveness, for, Our, Freedom</media:keywords>
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<title>3 Ways to Become Childlike to Enter Heaven</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/3-ways-to-become-childlike-to-enter-heaven</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/3-ways-to-become-childlike-to-enter-heaven</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus emphasizes that, no matter what we do, endure, or become as Christians, we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven without becoming like little children. Why is this childlikeness an indispensable requirement to enter the kingdom ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ways, Become, Childlike, Enter, Heaven</media:keywords>
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<title>When Women Forget Motherhood and Home</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-women-forget-motherhood-and-home</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-women-forget-motherhood-and-home</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With the data now available, we realized just how important the early years of life are for a child. We know now that children need affection, safety, and security—loving eyes that know them and familiar arms to hold them. But mother and child, instead of being understood as the most fundamental of all human relationships, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, Women, Forget, Motherhood, and, Home</media:keywords>
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<title>Holy Guidance for Writers, Preachers, &amp;amp; Teachers</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/holy-guidance-for-writers-preachers-teachers</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/holy-guidance-for-writers-preachers-teachers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For those who seek to convey the Gospel through writing, preaching, or teaching, the octave of days from January 24th to January 31st has potential to provide extraordinary inspiration. January 24th is the memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church and patron of writers and the Catholic press. January 25th marks the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Holy, Guidance, for, Writers, Preachers, Teachers</media:keywords>
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<title>The Ugly History Behind Planned Parenthood</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-ugly-history-behind-planned-parenthood</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-ugly-history-behind-planned-parenthood</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 1960 a woman named Margaret Sanger threatened to “find another place to live” if John F. Kennedy, a Catholic, was elected president. Does this threat sound familiar? On July 6, 1960, the Milwaukee Journal ran this headline on its front page: “If Kennedy wins, Mrs. Sanger is going to quit US.” Interestingly enough, after ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Ugly, History, Behind, Planned, Parenthood</media:keywords>
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<title>10 Ways Assisted Suicide Kills Society’s Soul</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/10-ways-assisted-suicide-kills-societys-soul</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/10-ways-assisted-suicide-kills-societys-soul</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Our culture goes so far as to actually paint evil as pleasing to God, such as in the case of state-sanctioned, physician-assisted suicide being held up as merciful. That is the very reasoning Governor Kathy Hochul gave on December 17th, when she announced that New York will become the thirteenth state to legalize it with ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ways, Assisted, Suicide, Kills, Society’s, Soul</media:keywords>
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<title>The Light in the Land of Darkness: Third Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-light-in-the-land-of-darkness-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-light-in-the-land-of-darkness-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee. Danger drove Jesus into a land that historically had known great danger and grave sorrow.  Why? Gospel (Read Mt. 4:12-23) St. Matthew tells us that when John the Baptist fell into Herod’s hands, Jesus decided to leave Jerusalem.  Surely, He read the signs ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Light, the, Land, Darkness:, Third, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Exegesis of the Word: On Christ the Light of the World Now and to Come</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-christ-the-light-of-the-world-now-and-to-come</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-christ-the-light-of-the-world-now-and-to-come</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Breaking Open the Word “Christ is the Light of the world.” What is contained in this short statement? “God is Love.” This is another short line, overflowing with meaning. “God” is a short word but infinite in meaning. Some statements in Scripture are short and doctrinal, such as “God is love” (1 Jn. 4:16), but ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exegesis, the, Word:, Christ, the, Light, the, World, Now, and, Come</media:keywords>
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<title>All Things Are Oriented Toward Something: The Reason for Ad Orientem</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/all-things-are-oriented-toward-something-the-reason-for-ad-orientem</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/all-things-are-oriented-toward-something-the-reason-for-ad-orientem</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Everything and everyone is oriented toward something. A hammer is oriented toward driving nails. A bird is oriented toward flight. Human beings, made of both body and soul, are likewise oriented toward what gives meaning and direction to our lives. This truth becomes especially clear in worship. At Mass, we are not passive observers but ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>All, Things, Are, Oriented, Toward, Something:, The, Reason, for, Orientem</media:keywords>
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<title>Christ Gave Everything. What Do We Give Him?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/christ-gave-everything-what-do-we-give-him</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/christ-gave-everything-what-do-we-give-him</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Where is the lamb?   That is what Isaac asked his father Abraham, shortly before he was almost sacrificed on an altar. Abraham answered his son, “God will provide the lamb.” The Lamb Who Was Slain About 1500 years later, Isaac’s question was definitively answered just off a road full of pilgrims taking their lambs ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Christ, Gave, Everything., What, Give, Him</media:keywords>
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<title>Infertility and the Gift of Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/infertility-and-the-gift-of-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/infertility-and-the-gift-of-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ January is the month of the annual March for Life in Washington, DC. Each year since 1974, pro-lifers have gathered in the nation’s capital to rally and show our elected leaders that we want an end to abortion and to provide greater protections for women and their babies. “Life is a Gift” is the theme ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Infertility, and, the, Gift, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>When and How to “Withdraw” in Prayer</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-and-how-to-withdraw-in-prayer</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-and-how-to-withdraw-in-prayer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Throughout the Gospels, from time to time, Jesus would “withdraw” from the crowds who followed Him in order to head to a “deserted place” where He could be alone with the Father in prayer and communion. That is to say, there were times in which Jesus sought to get away from those for whom He came. It ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, and, How, “Withdraw”, Prayer</media:keywords>
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<title>Making a Choice in the Machine Age Part 2</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/making-a-choice-in-the-machine-age-part-2</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/making-a-choice-in-the-machine-age-part-2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last week, I introduced a small section of Paul Kingsnorth’s recent book, Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity. I talked about some of the negative impacts the Age of the Machine is having on us mentally, physically, emotionally, and intellectually. The mental health crisis in young people is greatly influenced by social media ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Making, Choice, the, Machine, Age, Part</media:keywords>
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<title>Happy Prospective Birthday</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/happy-prospective-birthday</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/happy-prospective-birthday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I received an email recently, indicating that some people in Washington D.C. wanted me to be a part of the annual March for Life on January 23rd.  Unfortunately, I was unable to accept the invitation.  I have joined the March in the past, and never have I been part of a more joy-filled gathering of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Happy, Prospective, Birthday</media:keywords>
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<title>Behold the Lamb of God: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/behold-the-lamb-of-god-second-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/behold-the-lamb-of-god-second-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As we return to Ordinary Time, our Gospel already begins preparing us for the next great seasons of the liturgical calendar: Lent and Easter.  How? Gospel (Read Jn. 1:29-34) “John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world.’”  We heard from ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Behold, the, Lamb, God:, Second, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Exegesis of the Word: On the Lamb of God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-lamb-of-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-lamb-of-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Gospel this Sunday recalls Jesus’ Baptism but also His manifestation as the Lamb of God. As the Gospel of John makes clear, John the Baptist’s whole existence is that of being a witness to Jesus (1:7-8). He is a finger pointing to Him. John decreases so Jesus and His glory may increase (Jn. 3:30). ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exegesis, the, Word:, the, Lamb, God</media:keywords>
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<title>The Home of the Sorrowful Queen of Poland</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-home-of-the-sorrowful-queen-of-poland</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-home-of-the-sorrowful-queen-of-poland</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A church, as an ecclesiastical building, carries profound spiritual significance. It serves as a sacred space where man encounters the Divine, fundamentally distinguishing it from utilitarian structures, like hospitals, schools, or theatres. Within its walls, a unique spiritual triad emerges—a mystical relationship between Christ and the priest, Christ and the faithful, and the priest and the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Home, the, Sorrowful, Queen, Poland</media:keywords>
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<title>A Dazzle of Zebras Debunks Darwin</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-dazzle-of-zebras-debunks-darwin</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-dazzle-of-zebras-debunks-darwin</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Evolution has not disproved the existence of God; it has proved that it could not take place without God.  G.K. Chesterton made the point with his accustomed wit and clarity:  “It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dazzle, Zebras, Debunks, Darwin</media:keywords>
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<title>5 Things Divorced Catholics Want You to Know</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/5-things-divorced-catholics-want-you-to-know</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/5-things-divorced-catholics-want-you-to-know</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With upwards of a third of Catholics having experienced divorce—and around 9-15% currently going through divorce at any given time—chances are you will run into a divorced Catholic. In fact, you’re running into one now, as I myself am one of them. There is a lot of discourse on divorce within the Church today, but ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Things, Divorced, Catholics, Want, You, Know</media:keywords>
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<title>We Only Want Love If It’s Torture</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/we-only-want-love-if-its-torture</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/we-only-want-love-if-its-torture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Boys only want love if its torture.”  – Taylor Swift, Blank Space I have daughters. Therefore, I listen to Taylor Swift. Not necessarily because my children like her music—they did go through that stage though—but because, when they look at the world and the successful women in it, T-Swift is…well, everywhere. So when I hear ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Only, Want, Love, It’s, Torture</media:keywords>
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<title>Why God Created Adam and Eve Knowing They Would Sin</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-god-created-adam-and-eve-knowing-they-would-sin</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-god-created-adam-and-eve-knowing-they-would-sin</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When we look at our world, we see a lot of beauty and good.  However, we also see a lot of ugliness and evil going back to the beginning of man.  Naturally, we wonder why God created Adam and Eve knowing they would sin and knowing how much evil would enter the world as a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, God, Created, Adam, and, Eve, Knowing, They, Would, Sin</media:keywords>
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<title>Making a Choice in the Machine Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/making-a-choice-in-the-machine-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/making-a-choice-in-the-machine-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I discovered the works of Paul Kingsnorth 2-3 years ago. He confirmed a growing sense I had: that social media and artificial intelligence (AI) are leading us in a dangerous direction. We are being led blindly into a disincarnate world. We recently celebrated the Incarnation, when God took on human flesh and became one of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Making, Choice, the, Machine, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>The Enduring Promise of Epiphany</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-enduring-promise-of-epiphany</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-enduring-promise-of-epiphany</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One detail of the Feast of the Epiphany deserves renewed attention. Epiphany is, in a particular sense, the feast of gold. We know well that the Magi brought three gifts to the Christ Child—gold, frankincense, and myrrh—each rich in meaning. Yet gold holds a distinctive place. Historical accounts tell us that in royal or wealthy ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Enduring, Promise, Epiphany</media:keywords>
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<title>Eucharistic Adoration: A Power Like No Other</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/eucharistic-adoration-a-power-like-no-other</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/eucharistic-adoration-a-power-like-no-other</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Recently I have been pondering the fact that adoration of the Blessed Trinity is the most powerful human act we can make. It is more powerful than anything we can do with our own hands and with all the gadgets and tools of the world. Of course, our physical senses cannot measure this power; it ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eucharistic, Adoration:, Power, Like, Other</media:keywords>
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<title>Organization vs. God’s Right&#45;Order</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/organization-vs-gods-right-order</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/organization-vs-gods-right-order</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ January is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. Placing a new calendar on the wall inspires us to make changes to our habits and lifestyles which we hope will enhance our health, wellbeing, and even our spiritual life. In addition to diet and exercise, many people see the New Year as an opportunity ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Organization, vs., God’s, Right-Order</media:keywords>
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<title>Why We Go to Mary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-we-go-to-mary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-we-go-to-mary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and His disciples were also invited to the wedding. (Jn. 2:1) John the Evangelist begins his Gospel account of the wedding feast at Cana by pointing out first that Mother Mary is in attendance. That Jesus is also there ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Mary</media:keywords>
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<title>Divine Omniscience and Free Will: Compatible or Contradictory?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/divine-omniscience-and-free-will-compatible-or-contradictory</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/divine-omniscience-and-free-will-compatible-or-contradictory</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If God knows all future events, which, given our human understanding of linear time, would indicate He must direct all actions, how is it possible for us to have free will? This question lies at the heart of an important philosophical and theological question of God’s omniscience versus human free will. Exploring and addressing this ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Divine, Omniscience, and, Free, Will:, Compatible, Contradictory</media:keywords>
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<title>The First Step Toward the Cross: The Baptism of the Lord</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-first-step-toward-the-cross-the-baptism-of-the-lord</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-first-step-toward-the-cross-the-baptism-of-the-lord</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At the Nativity, we celebrated Jesus’ birth in flesh and blood.  Today, we celebrate a second “birth”—His and ours. Gospel (Read Mt. 3:13-17) We know from the Gospel accounts that John the Baptist raised many Messianic expectations when he preached a baptism of repentance at the Jordan River.  Because of an Old Testament prophecy in the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, First, Step, Toward, the, Cross:, The, Baptism, the, Lord</media:keywords>
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<title>Exegesis of the Word: On Christ’s Baptism and Ours</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-christs-baptism-and-ours</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-christs-baptism-and-ours</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Baptism of Jesus is like a hinge between the Nativity and Paschal Mystery. Every aspect of Jesus’ life involves the Triune God manifesting and saving. Jesus’ Nativity and His Passion, Death, and Resurrection are two key moments of this work of God manifesting Himself and saving us. The Baptism of the Lord, however, has ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exegesis, the, Word:, Christ’s, Baptism, and, Ours</media:keywords>
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<title>On True and Profound Prayer: To Distracted or Disenchanted Christians</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/on-true-and-profound-prayer-to-distracted-or-disenchanted-christians</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/on-true-and-profound-prayer-to-distracted-or-disenchanted-christians</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Dear Reader, Many people today have an incomplete understanding of what true and profound prayer is. Most tend to think it’s all about asking for help, or saying certain words over and over, or singing, or just relaxing, or centering on oneself. Some of those methods are fine occasionally, but by themselves, they are far ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>True, and, Profound, Prayer:, Distracted, Disenchanted, Christians</media:keywords>
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<title>In Imitation of the Silent Father: Our Choices as Lessons</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/in-imitation-of-the-silent-father-our-choices-as-lessons</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/in-imitation-of-the-silent-father-our-choices-as-lessons</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A man approached my car at a stoplight. I don’t know what he wanted. I didn’t wait to find out. I rolled up the window, clicked the locks, kept my eyes forward. My daughter was in the back seat. I told myself I was protecting her. I’m still not sure if that’s true. Actions speak ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Imitation, the, Silent, Father:, Our, Choices, Lessons</media:keywords>
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<title>A Final Lesson in This Jubilee Year: To Have Hope Is To Be Poor</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-final-lesson-in-this-jubilee-year-to-have-hope-is-to-be-poor</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-final-lesson-in-this-jubilee-year-to-have-hope-is-to-be-poor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Year of Hope, inaugurated by Pope Francis on Christmas Eve of 2024, reaches its conclusion on January 6th. It’s not the first time the Jubilee doors were opened by one pope and closed by another. Benedict XVI announced his resignation in the middle of the Year of Faith, leaving his successor to end it ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Final, Lesson, This, Jubilee, Year:, Have, Hope, Poor</media:keywords>
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<title>What Gifts Do We Bring? Reflections on the Epiphany &amp;amp; the Magi</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-gifts-do-we-bring-reflections-on-the-epiphany-the-magi</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-gifts-do-we-bring-reflections-on-the-epiphany-the-magi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each year, at the Solemnity of the Epiphany, we hear the story of the Magi visiting Jerusalem and then their discovery of Jesus in Bethlehem. As we hear this biblical episode, it is good to consider how its details can inform the daily lives and spiritual pilgrimages of average disciples, beyond the day of the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Gifts, Bring, Reflections, the, Epiphany, the, Magi</media:keywords>
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<title>Do Whatever Inner Peace Demands</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/do-whatever-inner-peace-demands</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/do-whatever-inner-peace-demands</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There’s a story of a man who prayed to God persistently for the same intention: “Lord, please help me to win the cash lottery.” One day, God answered his prayer with a simple question, “When in the world are you actually going to go and buy a lottery ticket?” We can be like the man ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Whatever, Inner, Peace, Demands</media:keywords>
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<title>Love at First Sight? Lessons From the Saints</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/love-at-first-sight-lessons-from-the-saints</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/love-at-first-sight-lessons-from-the-saints</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At Thanksgiving, I spoke with my friend’s sister, and our conversation turned to the shortcomings of the Catholic dating world. She is a beautiful Catholic woman in her mid-thirties who longs for marriage and a family. She is highly successful professionally and comes from a strong, faithful family. Yet she is deeply frustrated. The men ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Love, First, Sight, Lessons, From, the, Saints</media:keywords>
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<title>Locked In for 2026: Taking Resolutions Seriously</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/locked-in-for-2026-taking-resolutions-seriously</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/locked-in-for-2026-taking-resolutions-seriously</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each New Year arrives with a familiar ritual. Aspirations are announced, resolutions are drafted, and optimism briefly reigns. Yet by February—or let’s face it, mid-January—most of those intentions have quietly dissolved, often accompanied by a shrug and a joke about how no one really keeps resolutions anyway. I fall into this category of over-promising myself ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Locked, for, 2026:, Taking, Resolutions, Seriously</media:keywords>
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<title>Mary: The True Mother of God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/mary-the-true-mother-of-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/mary-the-true-mother-of-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To understand the title “Mother of God,” we must first clearly understand Mary’s role as mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ. As Catholics, we firmly believe in the Incarnation of Our Lord: that Mary conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit (Lk. 1:26-38, Mt. 1:18-25). How He Made His Dwelling Among Us Through ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mary:, The, True, Mother, God</media:keywords>
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<title>The King Foretold: Epiphany of the Lord</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-king-foretold-epiphany-of-the-lord</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-king-foretold-epiphany-of-the-lord</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this Sunday’s Gospel, magi “from the east” ask, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?”  Just by asking this question, they herald the new Light that has dawned on all men. Gospel (Read Mt. 2:1-12) St. Matthew tells us that after Jesus’ birth, an event loaded with significance for the whole world took place. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, King, Foretold:, Epiphany, the, Lord</media:keywords>
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<title>The Polish Mystic You Wish You Knew Sooner</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-polish-mystic-you-wish-you-knew-sooner</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-polish-mystic-you-wish-you-knew-sooner</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Among contemporary Polish mystics, none is better known than St. Faustina Kowalska, whose Diary has earned a place among the treasures of mystical literature. Yet another, almost wholly unfamiliar outside Poland, also bore the invisible stigmata: Alicja Lenczewska. With January 5, 2026, marking the fourteenth anniversary of her death, I offer these brief reflections in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Polish, Mystic, You, Wish, You, Knew, Sooner</media:keywords>
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<title>Exegesis of the Word: On the Epiphany, the Baby, and the Host</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-epiphany-the-baby-and-the-host</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/exegesis-of-the-word-on-the-epiphany-the-baby-and-the-host</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Intro to a New Series Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for this month of January is “for prayer with the word of God.” This provides a graced opportunity for us to enter into this 8-week series of 8 essays, where we will ponder together the coming Sunday Mass readings, particularly from the angle of how ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Exegesis, the, Word:, the, Epiphany, the, Baby, and, the, Host</media:keywords>
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<title>Cultivate Virtues through Relationships</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/cultivate-virtues-through-relationships</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/cultivate-virtues-through-relationships</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I used to think that I was humble…until I entered the seminary and started living with people of different temperaments and attitudes. Then I discovered that I had a lot of pride to deal with. I thought I was courageous until I faced the reality of clerical scandals and cover-ups in the Church. Then I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cultivate, Virtues, through, Relationships</media:keywords>
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<title>What Marx Got Right—and Terribly Wrong—About Human Nature</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-marx-got-rightand-terribly-wrongabout-human-nature</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-marx-got-rightand-terribly-wrongabout-human-nature</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Something I did not have on my bingo card for 2025 was a renewed interest in the ideas of Karl Marx. To some degree, Marx has always had his partisans in the United States, where a vocal segment of the political left has been promoting Marxism for decades. This year, however, we saw discussion about ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Marx, Got, Right—and, Terribly, Wrong—About, Human, Nature</media:keywords>
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<title>The King Herods of This World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-king-herods-of-this-world</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-king-herods-of-this-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On November 14th, 1940, 515 small twin-engine German bombers dropped 500 tons of explosives on the industrial city of Coventry, England. Two thirds of the city was damaged. There was such a high level of destruction that the German propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, later coined the term “Coventried” when describing similar destruction in other enemy ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, King, Herods, This, World</media:keywords>
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<title>Surrogacy and the Commodification of Human Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/surrogacy-and-the-commodification-of-human-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/surrogacy-and-the-commodification-of-human-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Recent reports from California have shocked public opinion. Authorities discovered twenty-one children—most born through surrogacy—living in deeply troubling conditions. The case, now under investigation for child abuse, neglect, and possible human trafficking, is horrifying. Yet it would be a serious mistake to dismiss it as a criminal anomaly, an aberration detached from the practice of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Surrogacy, and, the, Commodification, Human, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Make a Spiritual Plan for Your New Year</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/make-a-spiritual-plan-for-your-new-year</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/make-a-spiritual-plan-for-your-new-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the concrete manifestations of growing in good will towards God is by writing out, in a clear and practical way, a “Plan of Life.” The aim is to improve our lives and make them more pleasing to God. So let us make the Psalmist’s prayer our own: “O Lord give success to the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Make, Spiritual, Plan, for, Your, New, Year</media:keywords>
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<title>Honor and Justice at the End of Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/honor-and-justice-at-the-end-of-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/honor-and-justice-at-the-end-of-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When we think about receiving an honor, we may think of it as a humbling yet pleasant occurrence. There may be recognition of some good we have done which required talent, discipline, or self-sacrifice. The word honor is Latin in origin and refers to a mark of esteem, excellence, or repute achieved by character, worth, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Honor, and, Justice, the, End, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Joseph Was the True Head of the Holy Family</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/joseph-was-the-true-head-of-the-holy-family</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/joseph-was-the-true-head-of-the-holy-family</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Gospel on the last Sunday in Advent, Joseph was to welcome Mary and her Child into his home and name the Boy.  This Sunday, we see he did much more than that. Gospel (Read Mt. 2:13-15, 19-23) St. Matthew tells us that after the wise men departed from his home, Joseph had another ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Joseph, Was, the, True, Head, the, Holy, Family</media:keywords>
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<title>Wenceslaus &amp;amp; Stephen: Two Saints for Christmastime</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/wenceslaus-stephen-two-saints-for-christmastime</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/wenceslaus-stephen-two-saints-for-christmastime</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The day after Christmas is the feast of St. Stephen, deacon and martyr, and an important day for my family, as we have a boy named for him. Mass and Holy Communion are the perfect way to celebrate every day, but when this is not possible, the Mass prayers honoring a child’s saint are a beautiful ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wenceslaus, Stephen:, Two, Saints, for, Christmastime</media:keywords>
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<title>Fulton Sheen’s Message for Christmas</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/fulton-sheens-message-for-christmas</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/fulton-sheens-message-for-christmas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Christmas is quickly approaching, and remembering to recognize it as a season offers an opportunity to extend its graces and lessons further into our lives. Venerable Fulton Sheen helps us to understand this reality well. Each year, in his syndicated newspaper column published close to Christmas day, he provided rich teaching, application to everyday life, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fulton, Sheen’s, Message, for, Christmas</media:keywords>
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<title>Mary and the Courage to Cooperate with God’s Mission</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/mary-and-the-courage-to-cooperate-with-gods-mission</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/mary-and-the-courage-to-cooperate-with-gods-mission</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pour forth we beseech thee, O Lord,Thy grace into our heartsThat we to whom the Incarnation Of Christ thy Son, was made knownBy the message of an angelMay by His Passion and CrossBe brought to the glory of His resurrection. That is the Collect, the Opening Prayer for last Sunday’s Mass, prayed for centuries on the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mary, and, the, Courage, Cooperate, with, God’s, Mission</media:keywords>
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<title>Tis the Season to be Genuflecting: Christmas &amp;amp; the Genuflection</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/tis-the-season-to-be-genuflecting-christmas-the-genuflection</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/tis-the-season-to-be-genuflecting-christmas-the-genuflection</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Christmas season has many associations within the culture and the Church. For most of us, though, none of these would include genuflecting. Genuflecting is something normative in the Catholic life that we associate with visiting a church, going to Mass, and attending Eucharistic adoration. At first glance, and perhaps even a second or third, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tis, the, Season, Genuflecting:, Christmas, the, Genuflection</media:keywords>
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<title>For Christmas Day: A Prayer at the Open Gate</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/for-christmas-day-a-prayer-at-the-open-gate</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/for-christmas-day-a-prayer-at-the-open-gate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Completion of the Advent Ignatian Meditation Retreat Lord Jesus Christ,You have not waited for me to become ready.You have not stood at a distance, measuring my progress or weighing my worth.You have crossed the threshold and come to me as I am. Today I stand before You not as one who has completed a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>For, Christmas, Day:, Prayer, the, Open, Gate</media:keywords>
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<title>A Christmas Meditation: The Gate Stands Open</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-christmas-meditation-the-gate-stands-open</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-christmas-meditation-the-gate-stands-open</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Christmas Day: The Fulfillment of Advent Advent has a way of quietly correcting our assumptions about the spiritual life. Many of us begin the season thinking of it as a checklist for preparation. We plan to restart prayer habits, curb distractions, and set better intentions, only to discover, if we stay with Advent long enough, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Christmas, Meditation:, The, Gate, Stands, Open</media:keywords>
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<title>Philo Judaeus’ Witness of Piety in the Sciences</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/philo-judaeus-witness-of-piety-in-the-sciences</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/philo-judaeus-witness-of-piety-in-the-sciences</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ancient thinkers—both philosophers and scientists—of the Mediterranean world knew that wisdom is a universal that transcends individual knowing. It’s an awareness of truth that transcends the individual existence of each person. The Old and New Testaments imply that this truth is present throughout all Creation. In his Gospel, John referred to it as logos. Logos ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Philo, Judaeus’, Witness, Piety, the, Sciences</media:keywords>
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<title>On Leaving the Church</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/on-leaving-the-church</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/on-leaving-the-church</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two colleagues of mine from the university, though brought up as Catholics, decided to leave the Church because of the scandalous behavior of certain members of the clergy.  This pains me because I believe that there is nothing outside the Church that could provide them with a more comprehensive way of living their lives in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Leaving, the, Church</media:keywords>
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<title>The Blessing of a Mother’s Unnoticed Efforts</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-blessing-of-a-mothers-unnoticed-efforts</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-blessing-of-a-mothers-unnoticed-efforts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the late night hours of Christmas Eve 2005, I sat on the floor of our family room wrapping the last of the Christmas gifts. The house was quiet as my husband and five children lay tucked in beds, fast asleep. When the clock ticked its way past midnight, I whispered a “Merry Christmas” to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Blessing, Mother’s, Unnoticed, Efforts</media:keywords>
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<title>Study and Prayer: Our Soul’s Strength and Cardiopulmonary Training</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/study-and-prayer-our-souls-strength-and-cardiopulmonary-training</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/study-and-prayer-our-souls-strength-and-cardiopulmonary-training</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At a recent Lay Dominican meeting, we discussed the importance of studying the life of St. Dominic, our founder. There is little written record of his life, prayer, and theology. We learn about him by studying what his contemporaries wrote and what his life demonstrated. There is a document of that time attributed to a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Study, and, Prayer:, Our, Soul’s, Strength, and, Cardiopulmonary, Training</media:keywords>
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<title>Choose Simplicity This Christmas</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/choose-simplicity-this-christmas</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/choose-simplicity-this-christmas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As I drove through the neighborhood after dropping my daughter off for a babysitting job, I saw a couple attempting to blow up a gigantic slide and bouncy house for a child’s birthday party. This giant inflatable playground in the front yard of their modest home almost looked comical because it dwarfed their house. I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Choose, Simplicity, This, Christmas</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Advent Ends with Joseph: Fourth Sunday of Advent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-advent-ends-with-joseph-fourth-sunday-of-advent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-advent-ends-with-joseph-fourth-sunday-of-advent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On this last Sunday of Advent, our Gospel calls us to reflect on Joseph, not Mary or Jesus.  Why? Gospel (Read Mt. 1:18-24) As our time of preparation and waiting in Advent draws to a close, we find ourselves listening to St. Matthew’s account of how Joseph became an important part of the first Advent. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Advent, Ends, with, Joseph:, Fourth, Sunday, Advent</media:keywords>
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<title>Inner Peace: A Precious Pearl that Must be Guarded</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/inner-peace-a-precious-pearl-that-must-be-guarded</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/inner-peace-a-precious-pearl-that-must-be-guarded</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Quia fecisti nos ad Te, et inquietum est cor nostrum donec requiescat in Te.“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You.” With these famous opening words of the Confessions, St. Augustine frames any genuine inquiry into the nature of inner peace. The desire for inner ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Inner, Peace:, Precious, Pearl, that, Must, Guarded</media:keywords>
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<title>Joseph’s Fiat: The Courage of Quiet Obedience</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/josephs-fiat-the-courage-of-quiet-obedience</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/josephs-fiat-the-courage-of-quiet-obedience</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We speak often of Mary’s Fiat, and rightly so. Her yes stands at the center of salvation history. But Scripture gives us another yes, one that is quieter and almost hidden in the background. It is the yes of a man who receives no annunciation from an angel in broad daylight, who hears God not ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Joseph’s, Fiat:, The, Courage, Quiet, Obedience</media:keywords>
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<title>“Give Me the Scraps, Lord”—A Faith for All Peoples</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/give-me-the-scraps-lorda-faith-for-all-peoples</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/give-me-the-scraps-lorda-faith-for-all-peoples</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“Give, the, Scraps, Lord”—A, Faith, for, All, Peoples</media:keywords>
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<title>Advent Hinges On Joy: A Meditation on the Gaudete Introit</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/advent-hinges-on-joy-a-meditation-on-the-gaudete-introit</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/advent-hinges-on-joy-a-meditation-on-the-gaudete-introit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ My family still celebrates St. Nicholas day on December 6th, a tradition my wife and I inherited from our parents. Our kids wake up to shoes stuffed with goodies brought by the holy 4th-century bishop. As they grow older, they will begin to understand the reason Nicholas practiced such generosity towards children and the poor: ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Advent, Hinges, Joy:, Meditation, the, Gaudete, Introit</media:keywords>
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<title>Adelaide of Burgundy: The Sainted Empress</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/adelaide-of-burgundy-the-sainted-empress</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/adelaide-of-burgundy-the-sainted-empress</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There’s a peculiar temptation today to imagine medieval courts as grim theaters dominated by cruel warlords, scheming queens, and gossiping courtiers—where power was seized by the ruthless and held by the sword. It’s a caricature that sells books and fuels Netflix dramas; we may remember when Game of Thrones was in vogue, a fantasy program ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Adelaide, Burgundy:, The, Sainted, Empress</media:keywords>
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<title>Truly Repent this Advent Season</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/truly-repent-this-advent-season</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/truly-repent-this-advent-season</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ John the Baptist had a grim message for the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to receive his baptism: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’” Why is ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Truly, Repent, this, Advent, Season</media:keywords>
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<title>The Unbounding Merits of Spiritual Slowness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-unbounding-merits-of-spiritual-slowness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-unbounding-merits-of-spiritual-slowness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Italian idiom Per fare San Pietro c’è voluto tempo (“It took time to build St. Peters”) is the folk memory of the one-hundred-and-twenty years it took to construct the new basilica on the foundations of the ancient Constantinian church on Vatican Hill. Evidently, Italians continue to recall the generational challenge that such an undertaking ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Unbounding, Merits, Spiritual, Slowness</media:keywords>
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<title>Christmas and Death Are Intertwined</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/christmas-and-death-are-intertwined</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/christmas-and-death-are-intertwined</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Momento Mori. The words stuck out like a flashing neon sign as I perused by bookshelf. Death. This year I have known its silence, beauty, loneliness, and agonizing separation. In this Advent season, those words pierced my heart as I remembered that this year, for the first time in my 44 years on this earth, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Christmas, and, Death, Are, Intertwined</media:keywords>
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<title>Can AI Cure Our Loneliness?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/can-ai-cure-our-loneliness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/can-ai-cure-our-loneliness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The world is suffering from an unprecedented crisis of loneliness.  In 2023, the America Surgeon General declared that loneliness was a national health crisis at the epidemic scale.  His point was that social isolation, being lonely, causes a host of heath problems.  America is not unique in this regard.  Many other first-world countries suffer from ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, Cure, Our, Loneliness</media:keywords>
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<title>Joy from the Prison Cell: Third Sunday of Advent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/joy-from-the-prison-cell-third-sunday-of-advent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/joy-from-the-prison-cell-third-sunday-of-advent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday is Gaudete (Rejoice!) Sunday.  Our Gospel gives us John the Baptist in prison as our meditation.  Isn’t that a bit downbeat? Gospel (Read Mt. 11:2-11) St. Matthew tells us that John the Baptist “heard in prison of the works of the Christ” in Galilee, undoubtedly from his own disciples.  He sent those disciples to Jesus ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Joy, from, the, Prison, Cell:, Third, Sunday, Advent</media:keywords>
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<title>Ordering Our Loves: The Secret Architecture of a Holy Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/ordering-our-loves-the-secret-architecture-of-a-holy-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/ordering-our-loves-the-secret-architecture-of-a-holy-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The spiritual life grows the way a house does. Not all at once, and not because we force it to. It grows because the foundation is sound. Ignatius knew that, which is why he begins the Spiritual Exercises with the Principle and Foundation. Before you worry about anything else in your life or in your ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ordering, Our, Loves:, The, Secret, Architecture, Holy, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Have Yourself a Condescending Little Christmas</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/have-yourself-a-condescending-little-christmas</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/have-yourself-a-condescending-little-christmas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ O only begotten Son and Word of God, immortal as you are, you condescended for our salvation to be incarnate…  – “Hymn of the Incarnation,” Emperor Justinian, 6th Century Nothing much positive comes to mind by the word “condescension.” When people act in a condescending way, we think of obnoxiously lofty behavior or a demeaning ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Have, Yourself, Condescending, Little, Christmas</media:keywords>
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<title>Evangelizing through Art and Architecture</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/evangelizing-through-art-and-architecture</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/evangelizing-through-art-and-architecture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “If a pagan asks you to show him your faith, take him into church and show him the icons and explain the series of religious paintings to him.” –⁠ St. John of Damascus There are no greater joys in life than speaking truth, beholding beauty, and doing good. This is almost a self-evident statement—truth, goodness, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Evangelizing, through, Art, and, Architecture</media:keywords>
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<title>Speak, Friend, and Enter: The Riddle at the Doorway of the Soul</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/speak-friend-and-enter-the-riddle-at-the-doorway-of-the-soul</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/speak-friend-and-enter-the-riddle-at-the-doorway-of-the-soul</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There’s a moment in The Lord of the Rings that most people read quickly, unaware that—quietly, almost mischievously—the moment is reading them. The Fellowship stands before the West-gate of Moria under a cold moon. What began years prior as Bilbo’s playful adventure has become a burden that can break nations. Yet here they are, stalled ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Speak, Friend, and, Enter:, The, Riddle, the, Doorway, the, Soul</media:keywords>
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<title>The Two Advents—and the Third</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-two-adventsand-the-third</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-two-adventsand-the-third</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Advent is often described simply as the season leading to Christmas—a time of wreaths, candles, carols, and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity. Yet the Church teaches that Advent is far richer than a countdown to a historical event. It is a time to contemplate the multiple “comings” of Christ, to attune our hearts ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Two, Advents—and, the, Third</media:keywords>
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<title>The Not&#45;So&#45;Nice Voice Crying Out in the Wilderness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-not-so-nice-voice-crying-out-in-the-wilderness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-not-so-nice-voice-crying-out-in-the-wilderness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Where did John baptize people? The Jordan River runs south out of the Sea of Galilee, seventy miles to the north of Jerusalem. Pilgrims, headed to Jerusalem for the feasts, would take the river road south to Jericho and then head west up the Jericho Road the last fifteen miles to Jerusalem.  The Baptist positioned ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Not-So-Nice, Voice, Crying, Out, the, Wilderness</media:keywords>
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<title>The Blessing of Reconciling a Past Abortion Later in Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-blessing-of-reconciling-a-past-abortion-later-in-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-blessing-of-reconciling-a-past-abortion-later-in-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As we age, there is a keener awareness of the passage of time.  Amidst the joys and blessings of life, we face the challenges of diminished physical capacity and illness, and the grief of losing family and friends.  This can spark an examination of one’s life, and contemplation on the deeper issues of faith, death, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Blessing, Reconciling, Past, Abortion, Later, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Beyond Human: The Future According to Transhumanism</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/beyond-human-the-future-according-to-transhumanism</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/beyond-human-the-future-according-to-transhumanism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The desire to prolong one’s existence indefinitely, avoiding illness or suffering, and the aspiration for physical and intellectual improvement are recurring themes in human history. Providing concrete answers to these aspirations is the goal that is reflected today in the various manifestations of so-called transhumanism. What is Transhumanism? It is a movement and school of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Beyond, Human:, The, Future, According, Transhumanism</media:keywords>
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<title>Ten Lessons in Evangelization From St. Francis Xavier</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/ten-lessons-in-evangelization-from-st-francis-xavier</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/ten-lessons-in-evangelization-from-st-francis-xavier</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How did St. Francis Xavier, in such a short time, convert, baptize, and teach the Catholic faith to countless souls? What was his secret to success? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ten, Lessons, Evangelization, From, St., Francis, Xavier</media:keywords>
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<title>3 Things Scrooge Can Teach Us About Advent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/3-things-scrooge-can-teach-us-about-advent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/3-things-scrooge-can-teach-us-about-advent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Scrooge’s Three-Dimensional, Last-Minute Advent Advent is a penitential time for reflection, conversion of heart, kenosis (an emptying out of self), metanoia (spiritual conversion) and the preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The timeless and enduring character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has to be considered one of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Things, Scrooge, Can, Teach, About, Advent</media:keywords>
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<title>When God Calls Us to Action—How Do We Respond?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-god-calls-us-to-actionhow-do-we-respond</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-god-calls-us-to-actionhow-do-we-respond</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? (Jas. 2:14) I slammed the steering wheel. Thirty minutes circling Manhattan, hunting for a parking space that wouldn’t bankrupt me. Thirty. Minutes. My smartwatch dinged. Elevated Heart Rate. A tap, then a swipe. Watch reset. The rapid pulse ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, God, Calls, Action—How, Respond</media:keywords>
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<title>LGBT Chastity and a Life Full of Love</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/lgbt-chastity-and-a-life-full-of-love</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/lgbt-chastity-and-a-life-full-of-love</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It is said that one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar. This is true also regarding souls. The salvation of souls should be among our highest priorities, because they are among God’s highest priorities for man. It is the reason that the Father sent Jesus Christ to offer Himself as a sacrifice for ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>LGBT, Chastity, and, Life, Full, Love</media:keywords>
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<title>Can Catholics Watch Christmas Movies in Advent?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/can-catholics-watch-christmas-movies-in-advent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/can-catholics-watch-christmas-movies-in-advent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Should Catholics watch Christmas movies before December 25th? Should Christmas music be banned before the Vigil Mass of Christmas? How are Catholics supposed to discover “the true meaning of Christmas?” We can run into groups or individuals who want to live Advent in a radical manner. Christmas cookies do not enter their home before the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, Catholics, Watch, Christmas, Movies, Advent</media:keywords>
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<title>Meet the Apostle of Christmas—and Pray the Novena</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/meet-the-apostle-of-christmasand-pray-the-novena</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/meet-the-apostle-of-christmasand-pray-the-novena</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is something about the Feast of St. Andrew that uplifts my heart every year. Perhaps it is simply because this feast day marks the commencement of the Advent season, more or less—not necessarily beginning on the first day of Advent (as it does this year), but always kicking off the first day of the twenty-five-day “Christmas Novena.” ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meet, the, Apostle, Christmas—and, Pray, the, Novena</media:keywords>
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<title>Africa’s Catholic Awakening Amid Persecution</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/africas-catholic-awakening-amid-persecution</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/africas-catholic-awakening-amid-persecution</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Across the vast and diverse continent of Africa, a silent storm is brewing—one of both unspeakable suffering and astonishing faith. In recent years, reports have surfaced of devastating persecution against Christians in several African nations. Churches have been burned to the ground, families torn apart, and thousands have lost their lives simply for professing the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Africa’s, Catholic, Awakening, Amid, Persecution</media:keywords>
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<title>All Are Under the Dominion of Christ</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/all-are-under-the-dominion-of-christ</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/all-are-under-the-dominion-of-christ</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When the Jewish leaders dragged Christ, a peasant carpenter from rural Galilee, before Pilate and yelled, “This man says He is a king!” Pilate must have thought they were joking.  Pontius Pilate, the Roman administrator in Palestine was a lot of things, but he was no dummy.  Christ had ridden into Jerusalem five days earlier ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>All, Are, Under, the, Dominion, Christ</media:keywords>
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<title>From Thanksgiving to Christmas: Gratitude as Our Advent Preparation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/from-thanksgiving-to-christmas-gratitude-as-our-advent-preparation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/from-thanksgiving-to-christmas-gratitude-as-our-advent-preparation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Late November into December is a very special time of the year. In the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving just before Advent begins. With God there is no such thing as a coincidence. Perhaps He has given Americans a special grace in the placement of this holiday on the doorway of our liturgical season of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Thanksgiving, Christmas:, Gratitude, Our, Advent, Preparation</media:keywords>
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<title>Eating Like Kings: A Thanksgiving Reflection</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/eating-like-kings-a-thanksgiving-reflection</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/eating-like-kings-a-thanksgiving-reflection</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Thanksgiving is an occasion for gratitude. That being the case, Thanksgiving essays commonly exhort readers to look past the food and lift their minds to higher things. Properly understood, the turkey is not the main course, so much as a delightful side dish that can fuel warm reflections on family, home, nature, and creation as a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eating, Like, Kings:, Thanksgiving, Reflection</media:keywords>
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<title>He Bids Us, Stay Awake! First Sunday of Advent</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/he-bids-us-stay-awake-first-sunday-of-advent</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/he-bids-us-stay-awake-first-sunday-of-advent</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On this first Sunday in the new liturgical year, Jesus warns His followers to “stay awake!”  Why do we need to hear this today? Gospel (Read Mt. 24:37-44) St. Matthew records for us an extended conversation Jesus had with His disciples about “the coming of the Son of Man.”  We know this prophecy had two ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bids, Us, Stay, Awake, First, Sunday, Advent</media:keywords>
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<title>Black Friday and the Right Order of Creation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/black-friday-and-the-right-order-of-creation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/black-friday-and-the-right-order-of-creation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As the Christmas season approaches, we now dive into the annual consumer frenzy known as Black Friday. For many, it is a day to hunt for discounts, upgrade gadgets, or acquire the latest trends. Whether folks have been waiting to make purchases or just shopping—the idea that unbeatable deals are available drives many people to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Black, Friday, and, the, Right, Order, Creation</media:keywords>
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<title>The Ministry of the Catholic “SuperAgers”</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-ministry-of-the-catholic-superagers</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-ministry-of-the-catholic-superagers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When Betty Jo Feldhaus learned that the Rosary Team was scouting for volunteers, she gladly signed up. She was already well-versed with a local Rosary Team accompanying memory care patients at Juniper Village in Louisville, Colorado. The Rosary Team had been there for her husband Jerry during his residency from 2019 to 2020, when he ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Ministry, the, Catholic, “SuperAgers”</media:keywords>
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<title>Committing to Spiritual Reading in a Digital Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/committing-to-spiritual-reading-in-a-digital-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/committing-to-spiritual-reading-in-a-digital-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Church Fathers are strikingly unanimous: a Christian life that neglects spiritual reading soon grows thin. Spiritual reading forms our consciences and tutors us in prayer and charity. In a culture calibrated for speed and stimulus, recommitting to spiritual reading is a critical and necessary way of setting aside distractions and committing to a practice ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Committing, Spiritual, Reading, Digital, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>A Coherent Response to Gender Ideology from Toledo Bishop</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-coherent-response-to-gender-ideology-from-toledo-bishop</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-coherent-response-to-gender-ideology-from-toledo-bishop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An outstanding response to gender ideology by His Excellency Daniel Thomas, Bishop of Toledo, suggests that individual bishops are more equipped to produce quality work than the Roman Curia or the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It would be wonderful if something as clear and comprehensive as The Body Reveals the Person could have ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Coherent, Response, Gender, Ideology, from, Toledo, Bishop</media:keywords>
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<title>Always Trust in God’s Good Judgement</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/always-trust-in-gods-good-judgement</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/always-trust-in-gods-good-judgement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Someone said to me recently, “How come a poor, starving man steals mangoes from his neighbor’s garden, and he gets a three-year jail sentence, but a corrupt politician plunders the public treasury, and he is elected a senator? Why does God allow such injustice?” I had no answer to this question. Such a question, natural ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Always, Trust, God’s, Good, Judgement</media:keywords>
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<title>The Trials God Permits in the Furnace of Love</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-trials-god-permits-in-the-furnace-of-love</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-trials-god-permits-in-the-furnace-of-love</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The geography of life is marked by mountains and valleys. From new life and new love to the sorrow of loss and disappointment, our journey through this vale of tears always seems to find us ascending or descending. The same pattern is mirrored in our relationships; anyone married for a long time will attest that ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Trials, God, Permits, the, Furnace, Love</media:keywords>
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<title>Transformative Silence: Becoming Worthy of Eternal Wisdom</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/transformative-silence-becoming-worthy-of-eternal-wisdom</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/transformative-silence-becoming-worthy-of-eternal-wisdom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The earliest synthesis of St. Louis de Montfort’s Marian and Christocentric spirituality is most clearly discovered in his little-known masterpiece, The Love of Eternal Wisdom. At the heart of this short treatise, written just prior to his priestly ordination in the early 1700s, de Montfort distills the very essence of what he would later expand ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Transformative, Silence:, Becoming, Worthy, Eternal, Wisdom</media:keywords>
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<title>Overcoming Distractions in a Distracted Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/overcoming-distractions-in-a-distracted-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/overcoming-distractions-in-a-distracted-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It would be an understatement to say that we live in a distracted age. Our culture is designed to keep us endlessly distracted and entertained. If we spent time in deeper reflection, we would start to see the diabolical dimension of a world filled with seemingly endless distractions to fill our time. From our computers ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Overcoming, Distractions, Distracted, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>Seeing Beyond the Cross: Feast of Christ the King</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/seeing-beyond-the-cross-feast-of-christ-the-king</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/seeing-beyond-the-cross-feast-of-christ-the-king</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At Jesus’ Nativity, wise men asked, “Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews?”  Herod wanted to kill Him.  Thirty-three years later, the Jews finally acknowledged their King.  How? Gospel (Read Lk. 23:35-43) This Sunday, on the Feast of Christ the King, St. Luke describes a scene from Christ’s Crucifixion.  As Jesus ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Seeing, Beyond, the, Cross:, Feast, Christ, the, King</media:keywords>
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<title>The Tender Humanity of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary﻿</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-tender-humanity-of-the-presentation-of-the-virgin-mary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-tender-humanity-of-the-presentation-of-the-virgin-mary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever stopped to picture Mary as a little girl? No, really. Not floating on air. Not perfectly manicured. Not glowing. But as a little girl. On this Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, I’m forced to stop and consider that she was…human. That means she had fingernails, toes, and hair follicles. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Tender, Humanity, the, Presentation, the, Virgin, Mary﻿</media:keywords>
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<title>Chastity and the Journey to a Clean Heart</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/chastity-and-the-journey-to-a-clean-heart</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/chastity-and-the-journey-to-a-clean-heart</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When I became Catholic as a college freshman at a large public university, by far the most difficult virtue to get under wraps was—without much surprise—the virtue of chastity. I began discernment to the religious life a year later, and for the next ten years I wrestled to “be good”: to not hook up with ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chastity, and, the, Journey, Clean, Heart</media:keywords>
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<title>Who Do You Invite to Your Party?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/who-do-you-invite-to-your-party</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/who-do-you-invite-to-your-party</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors. (Lk. 14:8) What a perplexing statement spoken by Jesus to the leading Pharisees of His time—one that would have been perplexing to anyone hearing these words. We understand the snobbish exclusivity of certain “members only” clubs, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Profound Humbling and Necessity of Spiritual Nakedness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-profound-humbling-and-necessity-of-spiritual-nakedness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-profound-humbling-and-necessity-of-spiritual-nakedness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I had to get naked to follow Jesus. No, I don’t mean metaphorically. At least, not at first. The rosary beads slipped through my fingers as I entered the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery. I knew this story, prayed it countless times, and could visualize Jesus stumbling under the weight of the wood. This time, I wasn’t ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Profound, Humbling, and, Necessity, Spiritual, Nakedness</media:keywords>
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<title>Offer Thanksgiving After Holy Communion!</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/offer-thanksgiving-after-holy-communion</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/offer-thanksgiving-after-holy-communion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The two most important actions we can carry out on this side of eternity are: receiving Holy Communion and receiving absolution in the sacrament of Confession.  These are two of the most intimate encounters with Our Lord.  In the reception of the most Holy Eucharist, we receive Jesus Himself in His Body, Blood, Soul, and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Offer, Thanksgiving, After, Holy, Communion</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The Primacy of Living and Dying in a State of Grace</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-primacy-of-living-and-dying-in-a-state-of-grace</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-primacy-of-living-and-dying-in-a-state-of-grace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A brother priest in my religious congregation was in a terminal stage of cancer some years ago. When asked by another of our confreres how he was doing, he wittingly replied, “Well, I am hanging in there. You know, there are worse things in life than dying.” He passed away a few weeks later. But ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Primacy, Living, and, Dying, State, Grace</media:keywords>
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<title>Eyes Up, Stay Alert: How to Guard Against the Devil’s Subtle Attacks</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/eyes-up-stay-alert-how-to-guard-against-the-devils-subtle-attacks</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/eyes-up-stay-alert-how-to-guard-against-the-devils-subtle-attacks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ During my college years, for a brief time, I spent my Saturday mornings at the local athletic center. Dressed in sweats and t-shirts, the other young women and I gathered together to learn the fundamentals of self-defense. A basic tenet of that class was that the best defense was a solid offense, and key to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eyes, Up, Stay, Alert:, How, Guard, Against, the, Devil’s, Subtle, Attacks</media:keywords>
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<title>Using Virtues to Overcome Your Vices: On Fear, Courage, and Gratitude</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/using-virtues-to-overcome-your-vices-on-fear-courage-and-gratitude</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/using-virtues-to-overcome-your-vices-on-fear-courage-and-gratitude</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anyone who has tried to overcome a particular sin knows that sometimes grit and determination are not enough. Though we confess, pray for grace, and try to avoid the near occasions, we continue to fall. Through ancient Greek philosophy and Thomistic theology, Catholics have learned that vice can be overcome by understanding and practicing the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Using, Virtues, Overcome, Your, Vices:, Fear, Courage, and, Gratitude</media:keywords>
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<title>Authentic Communion: Freeing Young People in a Digital Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/authentic-communion-freeing-young-people-in-a-digital-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/authentic-communion-freeing-young-people-in-a-digital-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Early in the semester, the campus ministry priest and I made the decision to move our outreach away from a social media focus and towards physical presence and in-person social engagements. Many were convinced that to build successful engagement we needed to be on people’s Tik Tok and Instagram feeds, vying for the attention of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Authentic, Communion:, Freeing, Young, People, Digital, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>Why the Temple Fell: Thirty&#45;Third Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-the-temple-fell-thirty-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-the-temple-fell-thirty-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus once overheard a conversation about the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem.  He then made a startling prediction.  What was it? Gospel (Read Lk. 21:5-19) St. Luke tells us that Jesus had a conversation with His disciples about the Temple in Jerusalem.  It began when “some people were speaking about how the Temple was ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, the, Temple, Fell:, Thirty-Third, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>There’s More to St. Pier Giorgio than His Works</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/theres-more-to-st-pier-giorgio-than-his-works</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/theres-more-to-st-pier-giorgio-than-his-works</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I must confess that I approach the writing of this article with some apprehension, as months have elapsed since the canonization of Pier Giorgio and numerous reflections have already been penned. Many see in Pier Giorgio a sanctity that wears modern clothes and shares in the fabric of our daily lives—and even try to make ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>There’s, More, St., Pier, Giorgio, than, His, Works</media:keywords>
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<title>Gratitude Is the Answer</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/gratitude-is-the-answer</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/gratitude-is-the-answer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We live in a culture pervaded by personal anxiety and social turbulence. Every time we turn on the television, we are met with advancing poverty, impending war, and blame from politicians. We see lots of adds for pharmaceuticals to help us address our ailments, whatever they are, including psychological ones. We see lots of “life ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gratitude, the, Answer</media:keywords>
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<title>I Still Have Hope That Christ Will Bring My Kids Back to the Faith</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/i-still-have-hope-that-christ-will-bring-my-kids-back-to-the-faith</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/i-still-have-hope-that-christ-will-bring-my-kids-back-to-the-faith</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We could feel tremors before the break, the shift in how she spoke, in how she treated others. We could see her heart hardening toward God, toward the Church, toward us. Some would say that’s adolescence, but it always felt like more. Praying, engaging, hugging, creating special time—we did all of that, and it kept ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Still, Have, Hope, That, Christ, Will, Bring, Kids, Back, the, Faith</media:keywords>
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<title>Coming Home Through Redeployment</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/coming-home-through-redeployment</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/coming-home-through-redeployment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As hard as war is, often the hardest part is coming home. Life and family have moved on, and the way you see the world—and yourself—has fundamentally changed. Marine veteran and classicist Karl Marlantes, in his book What It Is Like to Go to War, describes this transformation through the ancient lens of the Temple ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Coming, Home, Through, Redeployment</media:keywords>
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<title>Ascending to Christ the New Temple</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/ascending-to-christ-the-new-temple</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/ascending-to-christ-the-new-temple</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Since the Passover was near Jesus went up to Jerusalem.   That sounds odd because Jerusalem was in the south of Israel.  That’s like being from New York and saying, “We’re going to go up to Florida for vacation.” But Christ went up to Jerusalem because the city sits on top of a mountain.  It’s 2,600 ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ascending, Christ, the, New, Temple</media:keywords>
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<title>Mater Populi Fidelis: More Than Worth A Read</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/mater-populi-fidelis-more-than-worth-a-read</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/mater-populi-fidelis-more-than-worth-a-read</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Within hours of its publication, my fears that the new “Doctrinal Note on Some Marian Titles Regarding Mary’s Cooperation in the Work of Salvation” by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith would aggravate divisions in the Church were being fulfilled. Catholic News Agency’s headline “Vatican Nixes Use of ‘Co-Redemptrix’ as Title for Mary” ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mater, Populi, Fidelis:, More, Than, Worth, Read</media:keywords>
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<title>Spiritually Adopt a Child in Danger of Abortion</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/spiritually-adopt-a-child-in-danger-of-abortion</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/spiritually-adopt-a-child-in-danger-of-abortion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ November is National Adoption Month, instituted to raise awareness of the impact of adoption on children and families. It’s a month close to my heart. Years ago, my husband and I completed our family of six with the adoption of a two-year-old girl from China.  At that time, the foreign adoption process was long and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spiritually, Adopt, Child, Danger, Abortion</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Elizabeth of the Trinity on Our Solitude with Triune Communion</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-elizabeth-of-the-trinity-on-our-solitude-with-triune-communion</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-elizabeth-of-the-trinity-on-our-solitude-with-triune-communion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) is a saint for our day, being recently canonized in 2016 and teaching us the path of contemplative prayer amidst our ordinary day-to-day lives. She lived as a cloistered Carmelite nun yet was united to a large number of lay people living in the world, especially through her letters ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Elizabeth, the, Trinity, Our, Solitude, with, Triune, Communion</media:keywords>
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<title>A Primer on Indulgences</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-primer-on-indulgences</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-primer-on-indulgences</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Our Church has given us so many tools on this journey to Heaven; we’re blessed with an overabundance of riches, so much so that I think we often forget the riches we have at our disposal. One of these tools is indulgences. So, in an effort to remind us all of the treasures of our ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Primer, Indulgences</media:keywords>
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<title>Crucifixes Should Display Christ Crucified, Not Resurrected</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/crucifixes-should-display-christ-crucified-not-resurrected</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/crucifixes-should-display-christ-crucified-not-resurrected</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In an age where comfort is idolized and suffering is to be avoided at all costs, the Catholic crucifix remains a bold proclamation: We preach Christ crucified (1 Cor. 1:23). For many Catholics, the choice to display and venerate a crucifix—rather than a plain cross or a resurrected Christ figure—is not merely a matter of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Crucifixes, Should, Display, Christ, Crucified, Not, Resurrected</media:keywords>
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<title>When the Spirit Is Willing but the Parents Are Weak</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-the-spirit-is-willing-but-the-parents-are-weak</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-the-spirit-is-willing-but-the-parents-are-weak</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If I had to summarize my prayer life in one sentence, it would be this: “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (see Mt. 26:41). I imagine this is the case for many parents, who feel they are merely “scraping by” or “surviving, not thriving.” Yes, these are clichés. Yes, they ring true. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, the, Spirit, Willing, but, the, Parents, Are, Weak</media:keywords>
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<title>A Polish Crucifix Invites Us to Forgive</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-polish-crucifix-invites-us-to-forgive</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-polish-crucifix-invites-us-to-forgive</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Upon the Cross, Christ wrought our reconciliation with God. This grace of reconciliation, inseparably united to forgiveness, is meant to flow into our own lives—softening even the most testing relations with those nearest to us, shaping the bonds within our local communities and places of work, and extending, by God’s mercy, to the healing of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Polish, Crucifix, Invites, Forgive</media:keywords>
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<title>The Butterfly Effect and Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-butterfly-effect-and-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-butterfly-effect-and-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The “Butterfly Effect” is a phrase coined by meteorologist Edward Lorenz.  It is, as he defined it, “The phenomenon that a small alteration in the state of a dynamical system will cause subsequent states to differ greatly from the state that would have followed without the alteration.”  Lorenz realized that the inherent problems involved in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Butterfly, Effect, and, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>What Are Blessings, And How Do They Sanctify Us?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-are-blessings-and-how-do-they-sanctify-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-are-blessings-and-how-do-they-sanctify-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Our society throws around the word “blessing” a lot, and many people use this word without any reference to God.  Many more people do not understand their primary purpose.  So, my hope is that this article will bring some clarity to the subject.  Before defining what blessings are, however, we should briefly look at what ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Are, Blessings, And, How, They, Sanctify, Us</media:keywords>
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<title>Fulton J. Sheen’s Guide to Victory over Vice</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/fulton-j-sheens-guide-to-victory-over-vice</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/fulton-j-sheens-guide-to-victory-over-vice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fulton Sheen’s Victory over Vice is a joy to read and a nightmare to review. Why? It is so quotable. The matter is made worse by the fact that it is a relatively short book. There is no padding, no excess, just thought provoking prose, judicious observation, and interesting anecdote. Is there anyone reading this ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Fulton, Sheen’s, Guide, Victory, over, Vice</media:keywords>
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<title>The “All” In “All Saints” Means Us Too</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-all-in-all-saints-means-us-too</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-all-in-all-saints-means-us-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I’ll never forget it. One of the most extraordinary assignments I had while working as a Papal Latinist was to write a Decretal Letter for no less than 522 martyrs killed during the Spanish Civil War. It was the largest single act of beatification in Church history. Pope Francis wanted to draw attention to the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, “All”, “All, Saints”, Means, Too</media:keywords>
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<title>Is the Lay State Spirituality Definable?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/is-the-lay-state-spirituality-definable</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/is-the-lay-state-spirituality-definable</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I’m reading the biography of St. Martin de Porres—again. And I’m feeling spiritually inferior—again. I mean, the guy could teleport. TELEPORT! Divine superpowers aside, the life of my Dominican big brother is remarkable, but it’s remarkable in its extreme simplicity. Yes, he performed healing miracles. Yes, he saved sinners from hell. Yes, he continues to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>the, Lay, State, Spirituality, Definable</media:keywords>
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<title>The Catholic Revival and St. John Henry Newman</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-catholic-revival-and-st-john-henry-newman</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-catholic-revival-and-st-john-henry-newman</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ During St. John Henry Newman’s long and eventful life, new ideas emerged, causing seismic shifts in the way modern man perceived himself. Karl Marx adapted the ideas of Hegel in the service of revolutionary politics, thereby unleashing an ideology that would claim the lives of tens of millions of people in the following century. Charles ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Catholic, Revival, and, St., John, Henry, Newman</media:keywords>
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<title>Saving Alpha Females: Raising Faithful and Confident Young Women in the Digital Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/saving-alpha-females-raising-faithful-and-confident-young-women-in-the-digital-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/saving-alpha-females-raising-faithful-and-confident-young-women-in-the-digital-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Growing up female is more challenging today than it was decades ago. When I was coming of age, most in my community lived similar lives—comparable homes, cars, and clothes. Aside from an occasional episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, our exposure to other worlds was limited. Today, girls peer into the daily lives of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saving, Alpha, Females:, Raising, Faithful, and, Confident, Young, Women, the, Digital, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>The Newest Church Doctor: A Man of Deep Sensitivity</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-newest-church-doctor-a-man-of-deep-sensitivity</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-newest-church-doctor-a-man-of-deep-sensitivity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I feel so alone! This aching cry—whispered in a hospital bed, shouted in despair, or left unspoken in a sleepless night—asks a simple question: Is anyone really there? Many of us have witnessed this plea, and perhaps even felt it ourselves. In a world of fewer shared meals, less face-to-face conversation, and heavy reliance on ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Newest, Church, Doctor:, Man, Deep, Sensitivity</media:keywords>
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<title>That I Should Lose Nothing: Christ’s Promise on the Feast of All Souls</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/that-i-should-lose-nothing-christs-promise-on-the-feast-of-all-souls</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/that-i-should-lose-nothing-christs-promise-on-the-feast-of-all-souls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus describes the purpose that God the Father had in sending Him to us.  What was it? Gospel: Read Jn. 6:37-40 On the Feast of All Souls, when we remember with love all those who have died, the Church gives us a reading taken from the Bread of Life discourse in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>That, Should, Lose, Nothing:, Christ’s, Promise, the, Feast, All, Souls</media:keywords>
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<title>Family Ways to Celebrate the Saints and Remember Souls</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/family-ways-to-celebrate-the-saints-and-remember-souls</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/family-ways-to-celebrate-the-saints-and-remember-souls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Daylight is dwindling, and temperatures are dipping. Rains are becoming more frequent and insistent. Pumpkin-spice fever aside, this stretch of Ordinary Time can feel a little “less than” compared to the more festive, or more engaging liturgical seasons. We would be remiss, however, in letting the prophetic pair of November 1st and 2nd pass by ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Family, Ways, Celebrate, the, Saints, and, Remember, Souls</media:keywords>
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<title>When the World Laughs at the Sacred: A Catholic Look at Halloween and the Supernatural</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-the-world-laughs-at-the-sacred-a-catholic-look-at-halloween-and-the-supernatural</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-the-world-laughs-at-the-sacred-a-catholic-look-at-halloween-and-the-supernatural</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Halloween is here again, and with it come the costumes, the candy, and the inevitable parade of skeletons, witches, and ghouls across lawns and social media feeds. For many Catholics, the question is familiar: “Is it okay for my family to participate?” That question has been answered: yes it’s okay. Yet beneath the usual cultural ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, the, World, Laughs, the, Sacred:, Catholic, Look, Halloween, and, the, Supernatural</media:keywords>
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<title>The Best&#45;Kept Secret to Peace</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-best-kept-secret-to-peace</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-best-kept-secret-to-peace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ God’s individual will for each of our lives is not as difficult to discern as we might sometimes believe. God does not make His will hidden, obscure, tricky, or “almost” the same thing as something else. In fact, St. Paul tells us that when we are not following the will of God, it is “obvious.” ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Best-Kept, Secret, Peace</media:keywords>
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<title>On Defending the Name of the Lord</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/on-defending-the-name-of-the-lord</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/on-defending-the-name-of-the-lord</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “If you can’t be brave in front of your friends, how could you ever be brave in front of your enemies?” This question echoed in my mind as I replayed the day’s events. Earlier, while spending time with some friends on a video call, I heard the Lord’s name taken in vain more times than ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Defending, the, Name, the, Lord</media:keywords>
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<title>A Conversation with God through Beauty &amp;amp; Art</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-conversation-with-god-through-beauty-art</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-conversation-with-god-through-beauty-art</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ God speaks to human beings through beauty. That is, Our Lord uses sensible realities to reach the human psyche, to touch our souls and captivate our hearts. Relying on the classical definition of beauty, made clearest in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, a thing is beautiful if it coheres and will not fall apart; ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Conversation, with, God, through, Beauty, Art</media:keywords>
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<title>The Fun of Fear</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-fun-of-fear</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-fun-of-fear</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is it good to feel scared? To not feel scared isn’t an option; we may wish to ignore scary things, but we can’t—not completely. Christians are not excluded from this rule. “Be not afraid” is an exhortation, not a magic spell. In fact, Our Lord gives us a sub-textual tutorial on fear throughout the tenth chapter of Matthew, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Fun, Fear</media:keywords>
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<title>Are You Smarter than AI?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/are-you-smarter-than-ai</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/are-you-smarter-than-ai</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When I start a new school year, I like to ask a select few of my students (those who don’t make the “best” decisions) the following question: Are you smart? They inevitably say, “Yes,” because, well, we all want to be considered smart. Then I give them the second question: Do smart people care about ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, You, Smarter, than, AI</media:keywords>
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<title>Evolution of the Concept of “Lust” from the Gospel of Matthew to the Present Day</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/evolution-of-the-concept-of-lust-from-the-gospel-of-matthew-to-the-present-day</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/evolution-of-the-concept-of-lust-from-the-gospel-of-matthew-to-the-present-day</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This article explores the evolution of the concept of “lust” and its implications—a process resulting from two major paradigm shifts. Examining these sociohistorical changes allows us to gain an understanding of the persistence of lust in modern society and the moral challenges it poses. While using my phone, an unwanted seductive advertisement appeared. This seemingly ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Evolution, the, Concept, “Lust”, from, the, Gospel, Matthew, the, Present, Day</media:keywords>
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<title>A Toxic Synergy: Digital Addiction, Gambling, Porn, and the Complicated Grief after Abortion</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-toxic-synergy-digital-addiction-gambling-porn-and-the-complicated-grief-after-abortion</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-toxic-synergy-digital-addiction-gambling-porn-and-the-complicated-grief-after-abortion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Synergy: The interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects One of the appeals of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries is the unique talent of the private detective to see beyond the apparent facts of a crime. He discovers and tests what ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Toxic, Synergy:, Digital, Addiction, Gambling, Porn, and, the, Complicated, Grief, after, Abortion</media:keywords>
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<title>The Fine Line Between “Setting an Example” and Self&#45;Righteousness: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-fine-line-between-setting-an-example-and-self-righteousness-thirtieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-fine-line-between-setting-an-example-and-self-righteousness-thirtieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, Jesus tells a story about two men praying in the Temple; one is seriously religious, the other a serious sinner.  What can they teach us? Gospel (Read Lk. 18:9-14) St. Luke, in reporting one of Jesus’ parables, explains its meaning before we actually read it: “Jesus addressed this parable to those who were ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Fine, Line, Between, “Setting, Example”, and, Self-Righteousness:, Thirtieth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Why The Exorcist Keeps Me Catholic</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-the-exorcist-keeps-me-catholic</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-the-exorcist-keeps-me-catholic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In our walk with Christ, we can mistake “sanitizing” our lives for purity. This is especially true in the media we consume. Indeed, there are books, films, and television shows Christians simply should not expose themselves to—but the solution is not to avoid everything that seems questionable. Nor is it to arbitrarily baptize content to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, The, Exorcist, Keeps, Catholic</media:keywords>
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<title>The Devil Has No Knees: On Kneeling and Reception of the Eucharist</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-devil-has-no-knees-on-kneeling-and-reception-of-the-eucharist</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-devil-has-no-knees-on-kneeling-and-reception-of-the-eucharist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “The devil has no knees,” once declared the Desert Father Abba Apollo. Truly, the devil has no humility, and no body either. His assault on Holy Communion is nothing new. Since the time of Christ, he has tried to efface belief in the Real Presence. As St. John recorded, “This is a hard saying; who ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Devil, Has, Knees:, Kneeling, and, Reception, the, Eucharist</media:keywords>
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<title>Reclaiming Masculinity to Save Society</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/reclaiming-masculinity-to-save-society</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/reclaiming-masculinity-to-save-society</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ America is lacking in real men. I’m referring to men who are willing to die to themselves completely and serve. That is what a real man is. Not some clueless guy watching television, drinking a beer, and eating pork rinds. That’s Hollywood’s portrayal. A man cannot be a man unless he knows how to serve. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reclaiming, Masculinity, Save, Society</media:keywords>
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<title>A Priest’s Advice on Building a Great Marriage</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-priests-advice-on-building-a-great-marriage</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-priests-advice-on-building-a-great-marriage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A woman once told me, “I don’t love my husband anymore.” I asked her, “Are you concerned for his good?” “Yes,” she answered. “Then you love him.” “That’s the love you vowed when you married him. That’s the same kind of love we need to be saved. The Greek word for it is agape,” I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Priest’s, Advice, Building, Great, Marriage</media:keywords>
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<title>Pilgrimage and Perspective: Learning to Read the Word, Not the Ink</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/pilgrimage-and-perspective-learning-to-read-the-word-not-the-ink</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/pilgrimage-and-perspective-learning-to-read-the-word-not-the-ink</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Spanish countryside blurred past my window as we rode the train from Madrid to Santiago de Compostela, a pilgrimage to the burial site of St. James the Greater. Across from me sat my two teenage children—my daughter listening to music through her noise-cancelling headphones, eyes closed; my son sleeping. Prior to boarding, we’d talked ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pilgrimage, and, Perspective:, Learning, Read, the, Word, Not, the, Ink</media:keywords>
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<title>How Pope St. John Paul II Changed My Life (And Still Does)</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-pope-st-john-paul-ii-changed-my-life-and-still-does</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-pope-st-john-paul-ii-changed-my-life-and-still-does</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I’ve lived long enough to see smoke rise from the Sistine Chapel five times. One of those times, working as a Latin secretary for Benedict and waiting to see who my next boss would be, I could even smell it. Each conclave has been as exciting as the previous, but nothing will match the election ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Pope, St., John, Paul, Changed, Life, And, Still, Does</media:keywords>
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<title>When God Orders Us to Fight</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-god-orders-us-to-fight</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-god-orders-us-to-fight</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ And Joshua mowed down Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.   The Amalekites, a persistent enemy of the Chosen People, were a warlike and violent group who roamed south of Israel. After ambushing the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt, killing weary travelers—including the elderly, women, and children—Moses gave Joshua the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, God, Orders, Fight</media:keywords>
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<title>Persist Always in Faith—Whether Convenient or Not: Twenty&#45;Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/persist-always-in-faithwhether-convenient-or-not-twenty-ninth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/persist-always-in-faithwhether-convenient-or-not-twenty-ninth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, after Jesus tells His disciples a parable about prayer, He asks one of the most haunting questions ever to leave His lips… Gospel (Read Lk. 18:1-8) As Jesus continued His journey toward Jerusalem and the fulfillment of His earthly mission, St. Luke tells us He wanted His disciples to understand “the necessity for ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Persist, Always, Faith—Whether, Convenient, Not:, Twenty-Ninth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Treating Church Teaching Like Silly Putty</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/treating-church-teaching-like-silly-putty</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/treating-church-teaching-like-silly-putty</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As a child, I enjoyed playing with Silly Putty. When newspaper ink was petroleum-based, I liked using it to pull print or images off the pages. Now, in our current times, is it a stretch to say that some of our leading luminaries consider the immutable Teaching of the Church changeable like Silly Putty? The ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Treating, Church, Teaching, Like, Silly, Putty</media:keywords>
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<title>Facing Interruptions with the Patience &amp;amp; Peace of Jesus</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/facing-interruptions-with-the-patience-peace-of-jesus</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/facing-interruptions-with-the-patience-peace-of-jesus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One child interrupts, “Um, Dad, I spilled that really big cup of milk.” Another child needs extensive help with math homework. My wife gets the flu and is out of commission for several days. Other times, she has a different plan for how to spend a day off. My boss at work informs me of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Facing, Interruptions, with, the, Patience, Peace, Jesus</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Teresa of Avila on Union with God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-teresa-of-avila-on-union-with-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-teresa-of-avila-on-union-with-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On October 15th the Church celebrates the feast day of one of the greatest of all Spanish saints. A mystic, Carmelite reformer, prolific writer, and the first woman declared a doctor of the Church—St. Teresa of Avila. Blessed with physical beauty, charm, wit, an affectionate nature, a down-to-earth personality, and a keen mind, St. Teresa ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Embryo Adoption Can’t be Used to Bypass Infertility</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/embryo-adoption-cant-be-used-to-bypass-infertility</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/embryo-adoption-cant-be-used-to-bypass-infertility</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Recently, one couple shared their story about discerning the morality of embryo adoption and their final decision to go through with it because they are otherwise infertile.  A significant portion of the article centers around the moral reasoning through which they determined that it was an acceptable choice.  Sadly, and despite their best efforts to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Embryo, Adoption, Can’t, Used, Bypass, Infertility</media:keywords>
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<title>A Different Way to Surrender: A Lesson About Living with Pain</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-different-way-to-surrender-a-lesson-about-living-with-pain</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-different-way-to-surrender-a-lesson-about-living-with-pain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Twenty years ago, I sat on the edge of a dive boat in Jamaica, oxygen tank strapped to my back, waiting for the signal to fall backward into my worst nightmare. The ocean—my deepest fear since watching Jaws as a child—churned below. I shouldn’t have been at peace. But I was. This morning, God used ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Different, Way, Surrender:, Lesson, About, Living, with, Pain</media:keywords>
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<title>Daily Prayer: A Child’s Defense Against a Challenging World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/daily-prayer-a-childs-defense-against-a-challenging-world</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/daily-prayer-a-childs-defense-against-a-challenging-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We recently had our children and grandchildren over for a dinner celebration. As we sat down to eat, we folded our hands to pray. One of the joys of being a grandparent is watching our little grandchildren (the oldest is not yet four) learn to say their prayers. We are so grateful that our children ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Daily, Prayer:, Child’s, Defense, Against, Challenging, World</media:keywords>
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<title>Illness and Unwilled Suffering: The Most Effective Means of Spiritual Growth</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/illness-and-unwilled-suffering-the-most-effective-means-of-spiritual-growth</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/illness-and-unwilled-suffering-the-most-effective-means-of-spiritual-growth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last week, I planned to go grocery shopping with my daughter. It was a gray, fall afternoon. I sat down in the driver’s seat about to back out of the driveway when my whole world started spinning. Thanks be to God I had not started driving. Things kept spinning, off and on, for over a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Illness, and, Unwilled, Suffering:, The, Most, Effective, Means, Spiritual, Growth</media:keywords>
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<title>Worldly vs. Virtuous Hope: Our Cause for Rejoicing Amidst Sorrow</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/worldly-vs-virtuous-hope-our-cause-for-rejoicing-amidst-sorrow</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/worldly-vs-virtuous-hope-our-cause-for-rejoicing-amidst-sorrow</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We are in the Jubilee Year of Hope, but do we really understand what hope is? When we “hope,” we wish for or desire something. We hope for good weather, or we hope that someone has a happy birthday. But a proper end necessarily belongs to the virtue of hope, for it always has an ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Worldly, vs., Virtuous, Hope:, Our, Cause, for, Rejoicing, Amidst, Sorrow</media:keywords>
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<title>Put Care of the Soul First</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/put-care-of-the-soul-first</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/put-care-of-the-soul-first</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus addresses the scholars of the law using hard-hitting words: “You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence.” This leads us to ask ourselves, Is my life purely concerned with surface-level realities or superficial things? How many times in a day do we ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Put, Care, the, Soul, First</media:keywords>
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<title>The Miracle of the Dancing Sun</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-miracle-of-the-dancing-sun</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-miracle-of-the-dancing-sun</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On October 13, 1917, as predicted by the three shepherd children in Fatima, a most extraordinary occurrence took place: the “Miracle of the Dancing Sun.”  The miracle would be so great that all would believe in the reality of the apparitions.  More than 70,000 people gathered to witness the event at the Cova da Iria ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Miracle, the, Dancing, Sun</media:keywords>
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<title>How Modernism Forgets the Bigger Picture: Seeing Facts, Disregarding Meaning</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-modernism-forgets-the-bigger-picture-seeing-facts-disregarding-meaning</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-modernism-forgets-the-bigger-picture-seeing-facts-disregarding-meaning</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As referred to in my last article, it is of utmost importance to cultivate an understanding of the spiritual realm in order to discern the meaning of life, the purpose of freedom, and the fulfillment of our desires. By studying angelology, for example, we come to understand the harmony of being in the universe, from ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Modernism, Forgets, the, Bigger, Picture:, Seeing, Facts, Disregarding, Meaning</media:keywords>
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<title>From Pilgrim to Pilgrim: How Our Lady of Champion Shrine Volunteers Assist Pilgrims on Their Walk to Mary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/from-pilgrim-to-pilgrim-how-our-lady-of-champion-shrine-volunteers-assist-pilgrims-on-their-walk-to-mary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/from-pilgrim-to-pilgrim-how-our-lady-of-champion-shrine-volunteers-assist-pilgrims-on-their-walk-to-mary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On a crisp first Saturday in May, Jody, and John Kuiken arrive at the National Shrine of St. Joseph wearing their best walking shoes. It’s early morning and still dark out before the first pilgrims check in for the Walk to Mary. The Kuikens prepare to answers questions and assist last-minute registrants for the annual ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Pilgrim, Pilgrim:, How, Our, Lady, Champion, Shrine, Volunteers, Assist, Pilgrims, Their, Walk, Mary</media:keywords>
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<title>Healing the Outsiders: Twenty&#45;Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/healing-the-outsiders-twenty-eighth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/healing-the-outsiders-twenty-eighth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, we meet a Samaritan leper—an outsider among outsiders.  What can he teach us? Gospel (Read Lk. 17:11-19) St. Luke tells us that as Jesus continued “His journey to Jerusalem, He traveled through Samaria and Galilee.”  He was apparently well-known in this region, because “as He was entering a village, ten lepers met Him.”  ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Healing, the, Outsiders:, Twenty-Eighth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Evil Is Not the Opposite of Good, It Is the Opposite of Truth</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/evil-is-not-the-opposite-of-good-it-is-the-opposite-of-truth</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/evil-is-not-the-opposite-of-good-it-is-the-opposite-of-truth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Our common-sense moral imagination often assumes that there are two opposite forces in the world: good and evil, locked in perpetual conflict, like twin powers of equal strength vying for dominance. This dualistic picture is misleading. It risks granting to evil a kind of dignity and weightiness it does not truly possess. I would like ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Evil, Not, the, Opposite, Good, the, Opposite, Truth</media:keywords>
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<title>Confession to a Priest and the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/confession-to-a-priest-and-the-28th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/confession-to-a-priest-and-the-28th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To the modern ear, the idea of confessing one’s sins aloud to a priest may sound odd, even archaic. Why not just confess silently to God? The short answer is simple: because Jesus Christ, our Lord, set it up this way. The longer answer involves a tapestry of biblical theology, apostolic tradition, and the lived ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Confession, Priest, and, the, 28th, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>The Origin of Faith and the Purpose of Doubt</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-origin-of-faith-and-the-purpose-of-doubt</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-origin-of-faith-and-the-purpose-of-doubt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In today’s “digital-globalized world,” certainty on any subject is increasingly expected. Any doubts one may have are supposedly eradicated just by “googling” or tuning in to your favorite news program or podcast. Unfortunately, today’s media and informational broadcasting can better be described as narrow-casting, given that the presenters’ biases and viewpoints are usually given as ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Origin, Faith, and, the, Purpose, Doubt</media:keywords>
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<title>Tending to Our Catholic Faith Amidst Worldly Distractions</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/tending-to-our-catholic-faith-amidst-worldly-distractions</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/tending-to-our-catholic-faith-amidst-worldly-distractions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Who has time for all of life’s duties amidst the distractions? How is one to grow in faith when so little free time exists? Even devout Catholics can be overwhelmed by home and work responsibilities, weighed down by economic, social, and political concerns. Unlimited personal access to media equates to unlimited media access to persons. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tending, Our, Catholic, Faith, Amidst, Worldly, Distractions</media:keywords>
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<title>Suicidal Despair and the Salvific Grace of Christian Hope</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/suicidal-despair-and-the-salvific-grace-of-christian-hope</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/suicidal-despair-and-the-salvific-grace-of-christian-hope</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ His name was Matias, meaning “gift of God” or “gift of the Lord.” He was 17 years old. At 7:20pm on Monday, October 7, 2024—the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary—Matias intentionally stepped into the path of a fast-moving MBTA commuter train passing through the town of Ipswich, MA. He was struck and died ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Suicidal, Despair, and, the, Salvific, Grace, Christian, Hope</media:keywords>
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<title>The Rosary: The Ark of Encounter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-rosary-the-ark-of-encounter</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-rosary-the-ark-of-encounter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Church’s extensive offering of private devotions, none claims more miraculous events or has amassed a more devoted following than the Holy Rosary. From healings to conversions to deliverance from addiction, there is a good reason that saints, popes, and laity all turn to and recommend the Rosary for spiritual struggles and challenging times. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Rosary:, The, Ark, Encounter</media:keywords>
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<title>How and Why Do We Become Corrupt?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-and-why-do-we-become-corrupt</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-and-why-do-we-become-corrupt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A prelate gave a homily some weeks ago about widespread corruption in the government. His homily irritated some of his audience who took to social media to remind him that the Catholic Church too had its own issues of rampant corruption among her clergy. One commentator even cited the ongoing fraud, corruption, and coverup in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, and, Why, Become, Corrupt</media:keywords>
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<title>The Importance of Learning About Angels</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-importance-of-learning-about-angels</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-importance-of-learning-about-angels</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In his book Angels and Demons, Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP, discusses how modern culture has pushed angels out of our daily lives, primarily due to the dominance of technological reasoning. This shift has led many Christians to focus solely on the moral aspects of faith while neglecting a deeper understanding of the cosmos and the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Importance, Learning, About, Angels</media:keywords>
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<title>Avery Lane: Mexico’s Child Martyr Inspires Bravery and Faith</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/avery-lane-mexicos-child-martyr-inspires-bravery-and-faith</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/avery-lane-mexicos-child-martyr-inspires-bravery-and-faith</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Overview 14-year-old Jose Sanchez del Rio was one of the heroes of the Cristeros War in Mexico. His faith and courage inspired the persecuted Christians to fight against the oppressive government military…and now he is a saint. In this episode, Avery Lane tells the incredible story of “Joselito” to the Joes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Avery, Lane:, Mexico’s, Child, Martyr, Inspires, Bravery, and, Faith</media:keywords>
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<title>Faith Is About God, Not Us: Twenty&#45;Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/faith-is-about-god-not-us-twenty-seventh-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/faith-is-about-god-not-us-twenty-seventh-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith.  More faith sounds like a reasonable request.  Jesus doesn’t think so.  Why? Gospel (Read Lk. 17:5-10) What prompted the apostles to ask Jesus to increase their faith in this reading?  In the verses preceding ours, Jesus had been talking about forgiveness:  “Take heed to yourselves, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Faith, About, God, Not, Us:, Twenty-Seventh, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Francis of Assisi and Cutting Ties with One’s Family</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-francis-of-assisi-and-cutting-ties-with-ones-family</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-francis-of-assisi-and-cutting-ties-with-ones-family</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Much like St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis of Assisi lived a life of worldliness and frivolity before his conversion. Although he was not seriously wounded in battle as was Ignatius, Francis became critically ill following his release as a prisoner of war, and both men, during their recuperation, became profoundly aware of the wanton, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Francis, Assisi, and, Cutting, Ties, with, One’s, Family</media:keywords>
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<title>How the Canon of Scripture Can Help Atheists Convert to the Catholic Faith</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-the-canon-of-scripture-can-help-atheists-convert-to-the-catholic-faith</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-the-canon-of-scripture-can-help-atheists-convert-to-the-catholic-faith</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A lawyer’s start Years ago, I almost died from cancer and a massive, nearly-simultaneous heart attack. As I recovered, I had one nagging “bucket list” thought: I had never actually read the books I was named after. So I ordered a box of Bibles—plural, since there are so many different ones—and began reading. One question ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, the, Canon, Scripture, Can, Help, Atheists, Convert, the, Catholic, Faith</media:keywords>
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<title>Triumph of the Heart: A Soul&#45;Reviving Retreat in the Darkness of Auschwitz</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/triumph-of-the-heart-a-soul-reviving-retreat-in-the-darkness-of-auschwitz</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/triumph-of-the-heart-a-soul-reviving-retreat-in-the-darkness-of-auschwitz</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There are films you watch, and when the credits roll, you simply resume where you left off—unchanged, untouched. Then there are rare films that do something altogether different: they arrest you, stretch you, leave you quietly unsettled, pressing on wounds you thought were long buried. Triumph of the Heart, Anthony D’Ambrosio’s searing new cinematic meditation ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Triumph, the, Heart:, Soul-Reviving, Retreat, the, Darkness, Auschwitz</media:keywords>
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<title>Can Pope Leo Bridge the Divide Between Social Justice and Prolife Catholics? </title>
<link>https://catholics.news/can-pope-leo-bridge-the-divide-between-social-justice-and-prolife-catholics</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/can-pope-leo-bridge-the-divide-between-social-justice-and-prolife-catholics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bishop Robert Barron was delighted when he learned the name of our new pope, Leo XIV. “I was very pleased when I heard his name,” Barron said. “He chose someone who indeed is reverenced by more liberal Catholics and more conservative Catholics.”  Bishop Barron suggested the name might indicate a desire to serve as a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, Pope, Leo, Bridge, the, Divide, Between, Social, Justice, and, Prolife, Catholics </media:keywords>
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<title>St. Thérèse of Lisieux: An Intercessor for Priests</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-therese-of-lisieux-an-intercessor-for-priests</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-therese-of-lisieux-an-intercessor-for-priests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Thérèse of Lisieux, whose feast day is October 1st, was very dedicated to praying for priests. She had great respect for the priesthood, but understood that priests are not perfect, and they need the support of our prayers to help them in their vocation. St. Thérèse was already devoted to interceding for people since ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Thérèse, Lisieux:, Intercessor, for, Priests</media:keywords>
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<title>The Twofold Secret of St. Thérèse of Lisieux</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-twofold-secret-of-st-therese-of-lisieux</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-twofold-secret-of-st-therese-of-lisieux</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Thérèse Martin desired to be like a tiny grain of sand, hidden and unknown. In her lifetime, that desire was fulfilled. She died at age twenty-four, after spending nine years in a small, cloistered, Carmelite monastery in the French village of Lisieux. But only a year later, she catapulted to fame when her sisters sent ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Twofold, Secret, St., Thérèse, Lisieux</media:keywords>
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<title>Our Spiritual Warrior: The History and Suppression of Michaelmas</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/our-spiritual-warrior-the-history-and-suppression-of-michaelmas</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/our-spiritual-warrior-the-history-and-suppression-of-michaelmas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle…  On October 13, 1884, at the end of Mass, Pope Leo XIII went ghostly white and fell into something of a trance at the foot of the altar for about ten minutes. He had heard what sounded like a conversation between two spiritual beings—one voice calm and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Our, Spiritual, Warrior:, The, History, and, Suppression, Michaelmas</media:keywords>
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<title>Don’t Let Love of Money Blind You: Twenty&#45;Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/dont-let-love-of-money-blind-you-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/dont-let-love-of-money-blind-you-twenty-sixth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last Sunday’s Gospel ended with a warning from Jesus:  “You cannot serve both God and mammon.”   This Sunday we read about a man who thought he could. Gospel (Read Lk. 16:19-31) St. Luke told us in last Sunday’s reading that Jesus had some bracing words to say about money to the Pharisees who gathered to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Don’t, Let, Love, Money, Blind, You:, Twenty-Sixth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Do I Keep Asking God for More?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-do-i-keep-asking-god-for-more</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-do-i-keep-asking-god-for-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Ask, and it will be given to you . . . For everyone who asks receives.” (Mt. 7:7–8). I’d built my entire prayer life around this verse, constantly petitioning God for more. More strength when I felt weak. More patience when I felt irritated. More faith when I doubted. Always more. But I’d been reading ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Keep, Asking, God, for, More</media:keywords>
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<title>Yes, Marriage is Worth It, If It’s Catholic</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/yes-marriage-is-worth-it-if-its-catholic</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/yes-marriage-is-worth-it-if-its-catholic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the common questions young men are asking today is, “is marriage worth it?” There are countless articles and videos all across the internet arguing that it’s not (or at the very least, that tremendous caution should be taken before entering into it). This isn’t the place for thoroughly contextualizing some of the statistics ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Yes, Marriage, Worth, It, It’s, Catholic</media:keywords>
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<title>Who Is Like the Lord? How Beauty Nourishes the Soul and Points to God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/who-is-like-the-lord-how-beauty-nourishes-the-soul-and-points-to-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/who-is-like-the-lord-how-beauty-nourishes-the-soul-and-points-to-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Who is like the LORD, our God, who is enthroned on high and looks upon the heavens and the earth below? Last Sunday’s psalm asked, Who is like the Lord? Through the centuries, that question had been on the lips of engineers, architects, and artists as they constructed magnificent buildings that glorified God. In glorifying ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Who, Like, the, Lord, How, Beauty, Nourishes, the, Soul, and, Points, God</media:keywords>
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<title>How Should Catholics Practice Patriotic Piety?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-should-catholics-practice-patriotic-piety</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-should-catholics-practice-patriotic-piety</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When Christ pointed out the graven image of the “divine” emperor’s head on the Roman coin, saying, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s,” He shocked the Pharisees by revealing a knowledge of Scripture that they wouldn’t have suspected to find in a carpenter’s son. Our ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Should, Catholics, Practice, Patriotic, Piety</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Balthild, The Slave&#45;Queen and Paragon of Charitable Service</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-balthild-the-slave-queen-and-paragon-of-charitable-service</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-balthild-the-slave-queen-and-paragon-of-charitable-service</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The New Testament teaches us that “there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). This profound passage from St. Paul reminds us that our worldly status does not matter before the Almighty; even the humblest ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Balthild, The, Slave-Queen, and, Paragon, Charitable, Service</media:keywords>
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<title>Prometheus or the Cross: The Cost of Real Spirituality</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/prometheus-or-the-cross-the-cost-of-real-spirituality</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/prometheus-or-the-cross-the-cost-of-real-spirituality</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In today’s spiritual marketplace, many are chasing fire like Prometheus—stealing symbols, rituals, and experiences—while refusing the Cross. I know, because I did it for nearly two decades. My path included crystals, energy work, psychedelics, Eastern mysticism, and shamanism. I repeated the popular refrain: “I’m spiritual, not religious.” I truly believed I was seeking wisdom. In ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Prometheus, the, Cross:, The, Cost, Real, Spirituality</media:keywords>
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<title>The Supernatural Power of Forgiveness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-supernatural-power-of-forgiveness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-supernatural-power-of-forgiveness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost three weeks before Charlie Kirk’s murder on a college campus in Utah, I wrote an article about how much young people need forgiveness. I shared how college students are trapped in cycles of resentment and power grabs that make them believe (falsely) that they should never have to forgive. Charlie and Erika Kirk observed ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Supernatural, Power, Forgiveness</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Matthew (Apostle and Evangelist)</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-matthew-apostle-and-evangelist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Matthew, also known as Levi, was a tax collector in Capernaum before his call to follow Jesus. Tax collectors were often despised for their association with Roman authorities and their reputation for dishonesty. However, Jesus saw potential in Matthew and invited him to leave his tax booth and become one of His disciples. Matthew […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Matthew, Apostle, and, Evangelist</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Thomas of Villanova</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-thomas-of-villanova</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-thomas-of-villanova</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Thomas of Villanova was born on March 28, 1488, in Fuenllana, Spain. After studying at the University of Alcala and being ordained a priest, he joined the Augustinian Order and became known for his deep spirituality and commitment to serving the poor. In 1518, Thomas was appointed the Archbishop of Valencia, where he dedicated […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Thomas, Villanova</media:keywords>
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<title>Be a Living Witness: Our Words Just Don’t Cut It</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/be-a-living-witness-our-words-just-dont-cut-it</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/be-a-living-witness-our-words-just-dont-cut-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Paul encourages his friends in a letter, “You know what sort of people we were among you for your sake.” This is to say: Paul “walked the walk.” Not only did he instruct his people in Truth, but he lived the Truth. This is the only way the world will consider embracing the Catholic […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Living, Witness:, Our, Words, Just, Don’t, Cut</media:keywords>
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<title>Modernity and Martyrdom: Dying for Providence</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/modernity-and-martyrdom-dying-for-providence</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/modernity-and-martyrdom-dying-for-providence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the challenges to believing that God’s will is always present is observing the world of growing irreligiosity, violence, terrorism, and atheistic ideologies around us. The divine plan is clearly beyond the human ability to comprehend. The belief that God is in control of all things challenges the rationality and secularism of our world, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Modernity, and, Martyrdom:, Dying, for, Providence</media:keywords>
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<title>Difference between Spiritual Darkness and Spiritual Laziness: Lessons from Mother Teresa and Don Dolindo</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/difference-between-spiritual-darkness-and-spiritual-laziness-lessons-from-mother-teresa-and-don-dolindo</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/difference-between-spiritual-darkness-and-spiritual-laziness-lessons-from-mother-teresa-and-don-dolindo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the spiritual journey, many saints have traversed periods of profound inner darkness. Among these, Mother Teresa of Calcutta represents a luminous example of faithfulness despite the darkness. For nearly fifty years of her life, Mother Teresa experienced spiritual desolation, a perceived absence of God’s presence that she called her “dark night.” Yet, despite this […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Difference, between, Spiritual, Darkness, and, Spiritual, Laziness:, Lessons, from, Mother, Teresa, and, Don, Dolindo</media:keywords>
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<title>Comfortable Catholicism Must End</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/comfortable-catholicism-must-end</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/comfortable-catholicism-must-end</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I knew very little about Charlie Kirk. His face popped up in my YouTube feed from time-to-time. On those occasions, I saw that he engaged with young people on a wide variety of issues. I was sitting by a creek in the shadow of the Beartooth Mountains near Red Lodge, Montana when I saw he […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Comfortable, Catholicism, Must, End</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Joseph of Cupertino</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-joseph-of-cupertino</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-joseph-of-cupertino</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Joseph of Cupertino was born on June 17, 1603, in Cupertino, Italy, into a poor family. Known for his deep spirituality and humble demeanor, Joseph struggled with his studies and was initially rejected by several religious communities due to his lack of academic prowess. Despite these challenges, he was finally admitted to the Order […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Joseph, Cupertino</media:keywords>
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<title>You Cannot Serve God and Mammon: Twenty&#45;fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/you-cannot-serve-god-and-mammon-twenty-fifth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/you-cannot-serve-god-and-mammon-twenty-fifth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In speaking to a large crowd, Jesus starts talking about money.  How uncomfortable. Gospel (Read Lk. 16:1-13) In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells a parable in which a slightly sleazy steward becomes the hero of the story.  Very odd!  We must place this parable in its context in order to fully understand it.  Remember that […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>You, Cannot, Serve, God, and, Mammon:, Twenty-fifth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>What Makes a Man Poor In Spirit?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-makes-a-man-poor-in-spirit</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-makes-a-man-poor-in-spirit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, the Lord begins with “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt. 5:3); in Luke’s Gospel (the Sermon on the Plain), He says “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven” (Lk. 6:20). The idea of gospel poverty is a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Makes, Man, Poor, Spirit</media:keywords>
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<title>Charlie Kirk and the Witness of Blood: A Martyrdom for Truth</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/charlie-kirk-and-the-witness-of-blood-a-martyrdom-for-truth</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/charlie-kirk-and-the-witness-of-blood-a-martyrdom-for-truth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Charlie Kirk once said of himself: “I want to be remembered for courage and for my faith. That would be the most important thing.” Those words now stand as his epitaph, not carved in stone but sealed in blood. On a college campus, the very arena he so often entered to proclaim truth against the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Charlie, Kirk, and, the, Witness, Blood:, Martyrdom, for, Truth</media:keywords>
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<title>It’s All About the Basics: Trust, Love, Obedience</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/its-all-about-the-basics-trust-love-obedience</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/its-all-about-the-basics-trust-love-obedience</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I used to think the hardest part of running a high-pressure steam plant was the complexity. But over time, I’ve learned that when the pressure rises—literally and spiritually—the answer is almost always a return to the fundamentals. In the control room and in the interior life, it’s the basics that hold everything together. During a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>It’s, All, About, the, Basics:, Trust, Love, Obedience</media:keywords>
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<title>Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/sts-cornelius-and-cyprian</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/sts-cornelius-and-cyprian</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian, both martyrs and early Church leaders, are commemorated together on September 16th. Their lives and contributions were crucial during a challenging period of persecution and division in the early Church. St. Cornelius became Pope in 251 AD, a time when the Church faced significant trials. His papacy was marked by efforts […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sts., Cornelius, and, Cyprian</media:keywords>
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<title>Saintly Influencers: The Modern Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/saintly-influencers-the-modern-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/saintly-influencers-the-modern-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Note: If joining “Saintly Influencers” for the first time today, please read the footnote, explaining its context, purpose, and aim. The Age of Modernity, considered in the history of the Church as well as the secular culture, began in the middle of the seventeenth century (i.e., the 1600s). In many areas of European life and culture, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saintly, Influencers:, The, Modern, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>Praying for the Pope’s Monthly Intentions</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/praying-for-the-popes-monthly-intentions</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/praying-for-the-popes-monthly-intentions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Poor Holy Father, we must pray very much for him.” – St. Jacinta Marta As Catholics, most of us have pondered the enormous weight the pope carries on his shoulders. Throughout the Church’s history there has never been an easy time to occupy the Chair of Peter. Knowing this moves our hearts to pray for […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Praying, for, the, Pope’s, Monthly, Intentions</media:keywords>
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<title>Five Deadly Assumptions to Avoid for Our Salvation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/five-deadly-assumptions-to-avoid-for-our-salvation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/five-deadly-assumptions-to-avoid-for-our-salvation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.” A woman recently shared with me how she had prepared everything for her funeral so that she would not be a burden to her relatives when she passed away. She had a brand-new urn for her cremains, a favorite spot in her yard for her resting place, and […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Five, Deadly, Assumptions, Avoid, for, Our, Salvation</media:keywords>
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<title>Blessed Apollinaris Franco</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/blessed-apollinaris-franco</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/blessed-apollinaris-franco</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Blessed Apollinaris Franco was born on January 28, 1815, in Spain. He joined the Jesuits and was known for his deep commitment to education and social justice. Apollinaris was a dedicated priest, educator, and missionary who devoted his life to the service of others. In the mid-19th century, Spain was undergoing political upheaval, and religious […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Blessed, Apollinaris, Franco</media:keywords>
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<title>Meditations for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/meditations-for-the-feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/meditations-for-the-feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-holy-cross</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday’s feast, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, prompts us to marvel over how an instrument of shame, brutality, and defeat became the most glorious symbol in the cosmos. This means more than meditating on the meaning of the Cross for sinners like us, as fruitful as that would be.  No, the idea is […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Meditations, for, the, Feast, the, Exaltation, the, Holy, Cross</media:keywords>
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<title>The Cross through the Eyes of Children</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-cross-through-the-eyes-of-children</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-cross-through-the-eyes-of-children</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Having visited a lot of churches with our four kids, my wife and I have had to explain a lot of images. To my six-year-old daughter, I explained that the Eye of Providence at St. Mary Major, which is often taken as Masonic, was a magnificent symbol of the Trinity’s vigilant gaze over creation. To […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Cross, through, the, Eyes, Children</media:keywords>
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<title>What I Hope My Sons Will Learn from the Life of Charlie Kirk</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-i-hope-my-sons-will-learn-from-the-life-of-charlie-kirk</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-i-hope-my-sons-will-learn-from-the-life-of-charlie-kirk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The assassination of Charlie Kirk has left me heartbroken. I grieve as an American, but most deeply as a mother. My sons—and their generation of young men—have lost a model of faith, courage, and goodness at a time when such examples are desperately needed. Charlie was not perfect, but he was faithful. His trust in […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Hope, Sons, Will, Learn, from, the, Life, Charlie, Kirk</media:keywords>
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<title>St. John Chrysostom</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-john-chrysostom</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-john-chrysostom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. John Chrysostom, born around 349 AD in Antioch, was a prominent early Church father known for his eloquent preaching and deep commitment to Christian living. Educated in rhetoric and theology, he was ordained a priest in 386 AD and later became the Archbishop of Constantinople in 397 AD. John earned the nickname “Chrysostom,” meaning […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., John, Chrysostom</media:keywords>
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<title>Healing the Sickness of the Soul—and Body</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/healing-the-sickness-of-the-souland-body</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/healing-the-sickness-of-the-souland-body</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A friend told me about a deacon whose homily received criticism from several parishioners. He didn’t speak about pro-life voting, the evils of IVF and contraception, annulments, LGBT ideology, or even Hell—topics often missing from pulpits today. Instead, he preached on caring for one’s body, drawing from that day’s Gospel about the Mission of the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Healing, the, Sickness, the, Soul—and, Body</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Nicholas of Tolentino</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-nicholas-of-tolentino</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-nicholas-of-tolentino</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Nicholas of Tolentino was born in 1245 in Sant’Angelo, Italy, to a devout and charitable family. Named after St. Nicholas of Myra, he was deeply influenced by the faith of his parents, who had prayed fervently for a child. From an early age, Nicholas exhibited a strong inclination toward prayer and helping the poor. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Nicholas, Tolentino</media:keywords>
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<title>The Lesson of Parental Parting</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-lesson-of-parental-parting</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-lesson-of-parental-parting</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ God’s love and longing for us are written in the sadness we feel at parting. I looked up at my friend, who was chatting brightly about the small college where we had both said goodbye to our newly minted freshmen the day before. Too bad I didn’t feel her enthusiasm. I was mainly feeling the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Lesson, Parental, Parting</media:keywords>
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<title>Wisdom from the Saints on Holistic Living</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/wisdom-from-the-saints-on-holistic-living</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/wisdom-from-the-saints-on-holistic-living</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We live in an increasingly noisy world, and many find that is particularly so in the world of bodily health and wellness. It can be tricky at times to navigate this realm as a Catholic—when you’re looking to be prudent and wise in your choices, to tend to what the Lord has given you with […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wisdom, from, the, Saints, Holistic, Living</media:keywords>
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<title>The Communion Line Isn’t the Place for Blessings</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-communion-line-isnt-the-place-for-blessings</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-communion-line-isnt-the-place-for-blessings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What is the loneliest place in the world?  Back in the 4th grade in the mid-1970s, I would have argued that the loneliest place in the world was the batter’s box at a baseball game.  For context, I was arguably the worst player on my baseball team.  I batted 9th and struck out most of […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Communion, Line, Isn’t, the, Place, for, Blessings</media:keywords>
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<title>Discipleship Cannot Be Half&#45;Hearted: Twenty&#45;Third Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/discipleship-cannot-be-half-hearted-twenty-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/discipleship-cannot-be-half-hearted-twenty-third-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In today’s Gospel, “great crowds were traveling with Jesus.”  He turns to the crowd and delivers a stiff warning.  Why? Gospel (Read Lk. 14:25-33) The Gospels often remind us of the sizable crowds that followed Jesus everywhere He went (see Mt. 5:1; Mk. 1:45; Jn. 6:10).  We always equate large crowds following a public figure with […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Discipleship, Cannot, Half-Hearted:, Twenty-Third, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Divine Intersection: The Eucharistic Path of Don Dolindo and Carlo Acutis</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/divine-intersection-the-eucharistic-path-of-don-dolindo-and-carlo-acutis</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/divine-intersection-the-eucharistic-path-of-don-dolindo-and-carlo-acutis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The history of the Church is filled with figures who, through their lives and works, have witnessed the transformative power of the divine encounter. Among these, servant of God Don Dolindo Ruotolo stands out—a Neapolitan priest whose autobiography, I Was Called Dolindo Which Means Sorrow, reveals an intimate and profound dialogue with Jesus—and the young […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Divine, Intersection:, The, Eucharistic, Path, Don, Dolindo, and, Carlo, Acutis</media:keywords>
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<title>The Hidden Truth about Pier Giorgio Frassati</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-hidden-truth-about-pier-giorgio-frassati</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-hidden-truth-about-pier-giorgio-frassati</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pier Giorgio Frassati smiled and laughed so freely that he was called “an explosion of joy.” He whistled and sang loudly and hopelessly out of tune. He loved playful teasing and practical jokes. In his early 20s, he was the picture of strength and health, leading groups of friends into the Alps to scale mountain […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Hidden, Truth, about, Pier, Giorgio, Frassati</media:keywords>
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<title>Blessed Bertrand of Garrigues, O.P.</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/blessed-bertrand-of-garrigues-op</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/blessed-bertrand-of-garrigues-op</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Blessed Bertrand of Garrigues was born in the late 12th century in Garrigues, France. A man of deep faith and devotion, Bertrand became one of the first followers of St. Dominic, the founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). He was among the earliest members of the Dominican Order and played a crucial role in […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Blessed, Bertrand, Garrigues, O.P.</media:keywords>
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<title>Blessed Thomas Tsugi, martyr</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/blessed-thomas-tsugi-martyr</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/blessed-thomas-tsugi-martyr</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Blessed Thomas Tsugi was born in Japan in 1571 during a time of intense Christian persecution. He was raised in a Christian family and later joined the Jesuit order, dedicating his life to spreading the Gospel in his homeland. Despite the growing dangers, Thomas continued his missionary work with courage and zeal, knowing the risks […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Blessed, Thomas, Tsugi, martyr</media:keywords>
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<title>Triumph of the Heart: Not Just a Movie, But a Mission</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/triumph-of-the-heart-not-just-a-movie-but-a-mission</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/triumph-of-the-heart-not-just-a-movie-but-a-mission</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When I boarded the plane to Poland, I thought I was simply heading to a few world premieres of a new movie. I expected a red carpet, some interviews, a bit of content creation, and the thrill of being part of a big release. But what I encountered was far more than a film tour. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Triumph, the, Heart:, Not, Just, Movie, But, Mission</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Marinus</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-marinus</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-marinus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Marinus, a 4th-century stonecutter from the island of Rab (modern-day Croatia), is best known as the founder of the tiny Republic of San Marino, one of the oldest republics in the world. Marinus fled his homeland during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian. Seeking refuge, he traveled to the Italian mainland and eventually […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Marinus</media:keywords>
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<title>The Danger of Self&#45;Absorption in Suffering</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-danger-of-self-absorption-in-suffering</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-danger-of-self-absorption-in-suffering</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This year has been one of profound but brutal healing. The death of my father opened a deep chasm of wounds. Some of them I didn’t even realize were still festering in dark places within me. We tend to suppress these places within us, but the mystical theologians and saints teach us that the release […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Danger, Self-Absorption, Suffering</media:keywords>
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<title>More Than Conquerors: Healing the Body of Christ After an Attack </title>
<link>https://catholics.news/more-than-conquerors-healing-the-body-of-christ-after-an-attack</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/more-than-conquerors-healing-the-body-of-christ-after-an-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In his hatred and pride, the devil stomped on the fire that was the Annunciation Catholic school Mass of Wednesday, August 27, 2025. He put it out, causing great suffering in doing so. Yet, the sparks from that flame as it was extinguished started other fires—prayer services, Masses, and Holy Hours. A myriad of other […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>More, Than, Conquerors:, Healing, the, Body, Christ, After, Attack </media:keywords>
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<title>What Biblical Giants Can Teach Us about the Transhumanist Movement</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-biblical-giants-can-teach-us-about-the-transhumanist-movement</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-biblical-giants-can-teach-us-about-the-transhumanist-movement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Transhumanism did not originate with the invention of CRISPR, IVF, or NeuraLink. It is not primarily a technological phenomenon, but a spiritual one. The transhumanist temptation is as old as Eden. By this, I do not mean merely that it shows up in the most ancient stories human cultures have told themselves. I mean that […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, Biblical, Giants, Can, Teach, about, the, Transhumanist, Movement</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Aidan of Lindisfarne</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-aidan-of-lindisfarne</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-aidan-of-lindisfarne</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, born around 590 AD in Ireland, was a monk and missionary known for his pivotal role in the Christianization of Northumbria, a kingdom in northern England. Educated at the monastic community of Iona, Aidan was deeply influenced by the Celtic monastic tradition and its emphasis on missionary work and prayer. In […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Aidan, Lindisfarne</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Giles</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-giles</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-giles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Giles, also known as St. Egidius, is a revered figure in Christian history, known for his deep compassion and dedication to the poor and disabled. He was born in Athens, Greece, around the 7th century and later moved to France, where he became a hermit. Giles is most famous for his life of asceticism […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Giles</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Does the Church Have So Many Teachings? Can They Change?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-does-the-church-have-so-many-teachings-can-they-change</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-does-the-church-have-so-many-teachings-can-they-change</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s a familiar refrain from marginal and non-Catholics: “The Catholic Church has so many teachings that are outdated and out of touch. Do you have to believe all of them?” Implicit in this perception is the assumption that Church teachings are impositions on an individual’s freedom, not revelations from God on how we ought to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Does, the, Church, Have, Many, Teachings, Can, They, Change</media:keywords>
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<title>From Kitchen to Crown: A Servant’s Journey to the Feast</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/from-kitchen-to-crown-a-servants-journey-to-the-feast</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/from-kitchen-to-crown-a-servants-journey-to-the-feast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.” (Mt. 25:21) Those words came to me as I prayed, not in my own voice, but in the impassioned tone of the late Fr. Mark Beard, echoing from one […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Kitchen, Crown:, Servant’s, Journey, the, Feast</media:keywords>
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<title>Seek Out a “Thin Place” and Turn Your Home into One</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/seek-out-a-thin-place-and-turn-your-home-into-one</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/seek-out-a-thin-place-and-turn-your-home-into-one</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the Book of Exodus, we hear that every time Moses speaks with God his face becomes radiant. As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the LORD. I […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Seek, Out, “Thin, Place”, and, Turn, Your, Home, into, One</media:keywords>
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<title>“Be Who You Needed When You Were Young”</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/be-who-you-needed-when-you-were-young</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/be-who-you-needed-when-you-were-young</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I often listen to talks by Monsignor James Shea. He has his finger on the pulse of the culture and has profound prophetic vision, especially in his insights on how to minister to young people. In preparation for the upcoming semester as the Catholic Campus Ministry Coordinator of a small liberal arts college, I listened […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“Be, Who, You, Needed, When, You, Were, Young”</media:keywords>
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<title>Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/martyrdom-of-st-john-the-baptist</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/martyrdom-of-st-john-the-baptist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. John the Baptist, a pivotal figure in the New Testament, is renowned for his role in heralding the coming of Jesus Christ and for his martyrdom. Born to Zechariah and Elizabeth, John was divinely chosen to prepare the way for the Messiah. His birth was announced by the angel Gabriel, marking him as a […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Martyrdom, St., John, the, Baptist</media:keywords>
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<title>Our Lord’s Lessons at the Dinner Table: Twenty&#45;Second Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/our-lords-lessons-at-the-dinner-table-twenty-second-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/our-lords-lessons-at-the-dinner-table-twenty-second-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At a dinner party, Jesus turns the rules for banqueting and table etiquette on their heads.  Why? Gospel (Read Lk. 14:1, 7-14) On a Sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing Him carefully. In just one sentence, St. Luke communicates so much of […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Our, Lord’s, Lessons, the, Dinner, Table:, Twenty-Second, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Don’t Go Chasing Happiness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/dont-go-chasing-happiness</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/dont-go-chasing-happiness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Declaration of Independence refers to “the pursuit of happiness” as an inalienable right, along with life and liberty.  The words “pursuit” and “chase” differ in an important, though subtle, way.  When we pursue something, we usually have it in our sight.  A man pursues a particular woman.  The word “chase,” on the other hand, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Don’t, Chasing, Happiness</media:keywords>
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<title>Did Jesus Sin by Weeping? Understanding Emotions in the Christian Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/did-jesus-sin-by-weeping-understanding-emotions-in-the-christian-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/did-jesus-sin-by-weeping-understanding-emotions-in-the-christian-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is a strain of stoicism in American culture influencing our religious thinking which sees emotions, especially unpleasant ones, as signs of weakness or even as showing forth a lack of faith. Some people fall into this mindset, which can be reinforced when one reads Scripture passages such as Psalm 42: “Why are you cast […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Did, Jesus, Sin, Weeping, Understanding, Emotions, the, Christian, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>Second Chances After Prison: A Catholic Mission We Can’t Ignore</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/second-chances-after-prison-a-catholic-mission-we-cant-ignore</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/second-chances-after-prison-a-catholic-mission-we-cant-ignore</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Gospel calls us to visit the imprisoned—but what are we supposed to do when someone who has been released from prison comes home? It’s a question that has both spiritual and practical ramifications. Each year, more than 600,000 individuals are released from prison in the United States. Within five years, roughly 71% will return […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Second, Chances, After, Prison:, Catholic, Mission, Can’t, Ignore</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Joseph Calasanz</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-joseph-calasanz</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-joseph-calasanz</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Joseph Calasanz, born on September 11, 1557, in Peralta de la Sal, Spain, was a prominent educator and religious reformer. From a young age, Joseph displayed a deep commitment to the Church and a desire to serve others. He pursued studies in law and theology, eventually being ordained a priest in 1583. In the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Joseph, Calasanz</media:keywords>
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<title>Icons Facilitate Prayer: Praying to Our Lady of Czestochowa for the Defense of Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/icons-facilitate-prayer-praying-to-our-lady-of-czestochowa-for-the-defense-of-life</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/icons-facilitate-prayer-praying-to-our-lady-of-czestochowa-for-the-defense-of-life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A spiritual initiative began in 2012 that has since spread quietly around the world. It was the Pilgrimage of the Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa. Thirteen years ago, the “From Ocean to Ocean” initiative began. This involved a copy of this icon, also known as the Icon of the Black Madonna, travelling over 220,000 […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Icons, Facilitate, Prayer:, Praying, Our, Lady, Czestochowa, for, the, Defense, Life</media:keywords>
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<title>We Must Never Lose the Gift of Faith</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/we-must-never-lose-the-gift-of-faith</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/we-must-never-lose-the-gift-of-faith</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of my faithful parishioners lost her daughter to a heart attack; I did not see her at church for many weeks after the tragedy. She had been a frequent daily Mass attendee and never missed a Sunday. She even served and sang in the choir during many of the weekend Masses. When I asked […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Must, Never, Lose, the, Gift, Faith</media:keywords>
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<title>Faith, Fitness, and the Call to Self&#45;Mastery</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/faith-fitness-and-the-call-to-self-mastery</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/faith-fitness-and-the-call-to-self-mastery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I’ve spent years teaching others the ins and outs of exercise and nutritional discipline. From working in a secular gym in Yonkers, New York, to leading group fitness classes in Austin, Texas, to what I do now with my online company, Hypuro Fit, my passion has always been helping people grow stronger; not just physically, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Faith, Fitness, and, the, Call, Self-Mastery</media:keywords>
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<title>Who Will Be Saved? Twenty&#45;First Sunday of Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/who-will-be-saved-twenty-first-sunday-of-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/who-will-be-saved-twenty-first-sunday-of-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Someone in a crowd called out to Jesus, “Will only a few people be saved?”  Why was this the wrong question to ask? Gospel (Read Lk. 13:22-30) St. Luke tells us that as Jesus “passed through towns and villages, teaching as He went,” someone called out a question to Him:  “Lord, will only a few people […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Who, Will, Saved, Twenty-First, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-queenship-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-queenship-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is not a whole lot that has been written in the Scriptures about our dear Blessed Mother, but there is a lot that has been written about her in the time since. Last week, we celebrated a feast that honors her Assumption—a dogma that took some interpreting and extrapolating by the Church in order […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Queenship, the, Blessed, Virgin, Mary</media:keywords>
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<title>How the Latin Mass is Bringing Gen Z to Christ</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-the-latin-mass-is-bringing-gen-z-to-christ</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-the-latin-mass-is-bringing-gen-z-to-christ</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ God is doing something incredible with Gen Z, and secular media is noticing. The same outlets that once confidently proclaimed, “Religion is dying! Young people are leaving churches in droves! Christians to be a minority by 2050!” now seem to be changing their tune. Lately, the headlines from mainstream media read more like, “Catholicism sees […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, the, Latin, Mass, Bringing, Gen, Christ</media:keywords>
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<title>Pope Leo, AI, and Rerum Novarum</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/pope-leo-ai-and-rerum-novarum</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/pope-leo-ai-and-rerum-novarum</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Like many Catholics, I was transfixed by the recent conclave. That white smoke signaled not just a new Pope, but an American Pope who would call attention to the work of a predecessor who wrote long ago about things that are particularly relevant today. In his first official address to the College of Cardinals on […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pope, Leo, AI, and, Rerum, Novarum</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Bernard of Clairvaux</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-bernard-of-clairvaux</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-bernard-of-clairvaux</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Bernard of Clairvaux, born in 1090 in Fontaines, France, is celebrated as one of the most influential figures in medieval Christianity. He entered the Cistercian monastic order at the age of 22, founding the Abbey of Clairvaux in 1115. His deep spirituality and leadership quickly marked him as a significant figure in the Church. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Bernard, Clairvaux</media:keywords>
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<title>The White Monks’ Turning Point: How St. Bernard Met St. Stephen Harding</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-white-monks-turning-point-how-st-bernard-met-st-stephen-harding</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-white-monks-turning-point-how-st-bernard-met-st-stephen-harding</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the rolling countryside of Burgundy, the fledgling monastery at Cîteaux sat in quiet struggle. It was the year 1112, and Stephen Harding, an Englishman who had wandered half of Europe in search of God, was now abbot of a place that felt as if it were dying before it had truly begun. Cîteaux had […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, White, Monks’, Turning, Point:, How, St., Bernard, Met, St., Stephen, Harding</media:keywords>
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<title>The Division of Man vs. the Division of Christ</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-division-of-man-vs-the-division-of-christ</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-division-of-man-vs-the-division-of-christ</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. Christ warned us that families would bust apart because of Him.  Father against son and mother against daughter.  Throw a person’s in-laws into the mix, and Christ comes off as some sort of divine homewrecker. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Division, Man, vs., the, Division, Christ</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Men Need to Live By a Rule</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-men-need-to-live-by-a-rule</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-men-need-to-live-by-a-rule</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ My wife had just given birth to our third daughter, Anna Marie, who was isolated in a hospital room, surviving on a ventilator, fighting for her new life. Friends from our parish community, wanting to help us, decided to clean our home. We were a young family, with three children under the age of three. […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Men, Need, Live, Rule</media:keywords>
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<title>The Price of the Fire of God’s Love: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-price-of-the-fire-of-gods-love-twentieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-price-of-the-fire-of-gods-love-twentieth-sunday-in-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Prince of Peace tells His disciples He did not come to establish peace on the earth.  Why? Gospel (Read Lk. 12:49-53) St. Luke tells us about a conversation Jesus had with His disciples that must have surprised them.  First, He says, “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Price, the, Fire, God’s, Love:, Twentieth, Sunday, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>The Litany of Humility: A Spiritual MRI for the Soul</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-litany-of-humility-a-spiritual-mri-for-the-soul</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-litany-of-humility-a-spiritual-mri-for-the-soul</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I struggle with pride. I always have. The Litany of Humility is a powerful, though often uncomfortable, devotional tool that is perfect for everyone—but most especially people like me who find themselves skidding into Mass in the nick of time or waking up early to steal a few minutes of quiet reflection. Like many of […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Litany, Humility:, Spiritual, MRI, for, the, Soul</media:keywords>
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<title>How did the Church determine the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-did-the-church-determine-the-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-did-the-church-determine-the-assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Today, we celebrate one of several Marian liturgical feast days and a Holy Day of Obligation: the Assumption of Mary. What is Mary’s Assumption, and how does it differ from Jesus’ Resurrection and Ascension? Furthermore, how did the Church come to determine this dogma to be true? According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, did, the, Church, determine, the, Assumption, the, Blessed, Virgin, Mary</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Stephen I of Hungary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-stephen-i-of-hungary</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-stephen-i-of-hungary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Stephen I, born around 975, was the first King of Hungary and is remembered as a pivotal figure in the Christianization of the region. Born in the pagan kingdom of Hungary, Stephen was originally named Vajk. His father, Géza, was a prince who had begun to convert to Christianity, and Stephen continued this effort […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Stephen, Hungary</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Philomena (Virgin and Martyr)</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-philomena-virgin-and-martyr</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-philomena-virgin-and-martyr</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Philomena, whose name means “daughter of light,” is a revered figure in the Church, known for her purity and martyrdom. Though much of her life is shrouded in legend and tradition rather than historical documentation, her story has inspired many. According to tradition, St. Philomena was a young Christian virgin of noble birth who […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>The History of the Biretta and Its Defense of the Holy Name</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ “I like you better without your beretta,” said James Bond to his love interest after meeting her for the second time.  Had she been wearing some sort of French hat when they first met?  No, she had been wearing a gun.  James Bond had spied the woman’s Beretta handgun under her dress.  At their second […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>St. Maximilian Kolbe (Priest and Martyr)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ St. Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Zduńska Wola, Poland. From a young age, he exhibited a deep commitment to his Catholic faith and a desire to serve God. He joined the Conventual Franciscans and was ordained a priest in 1918. Known for his deep spirituality and missionary zeal, Kolbe founded the […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Sisters of Mary, Ukara Island, and Breaking Children Out of Poverty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ukara Island, Tanzania, is one of the most remote places in the world, a scar of parched land jutting above the surface of Lake Victoria, the second-largest lake in the world that to the eye looks like an ocean. Scattered across the tiny island are clusters of mud huts, the places where children go to […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Time for St. Michael’s Lent: Imitating St. Francis and Honoring Centuries of Tradition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The feast of St. Michael, formerly known as Michaelmas and now the feast of the archangels, was one of the most important feasts throughout history. Falling on September 29th, it’s one of the oldest feast days, dating back to at least the fifth century. Throughout high places across Europe, many shrines to the great protector […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Our Lady is Transforming Young Men</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a powerful and beautiful phenomenon going on with young men. They are encountering Christ through Our Lady and the Rosary. These men wash up on the Church’s shores, storm-beaten, and exhausted from the hostile culture they are a part of; one in which they are simultaneously villain and slave. The culture treats them […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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