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<title>The Price of Sharing the Light</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Calgary Herald created a stir some time ago when it printed a cartoon characterization of Bishop Henry. It was the newspaper’s response to the bishop’s condemnation of abortion. I found myself in the center of the storm facing a team of the newspaper’s writers and editors. I set them back a little when I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Look for Men Who Want to Be Husbands</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ My wife once heard some excellent advice: look for men who want to be husbands, not for men who just want wives. Having a wife is tremendous. She provides encouragement and emotional support. She turns a house into a home. She is a companion to share your interests and struggles with, and she’s a key ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Behold This Heart: An Invitation into Cosmic Contemplation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/behold-this-heart-an-invitation-into-cosmic-contemplation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every image of the Sacred Heart is familiar: the flames, the thorns, the pierced and burning heart of Christ. We see it on prayer cards, in statues and paintings, and recognize immediately what it means. To hear the words “Behold this heart, that so loved men” seems logical and proper. What more fitting image of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Returning to Babel or Jerusalem: Our Response to the Cultural Shift of AI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The world is experiencing a dramatic shift in how economies work and people live because of the emergence of Artificial Intelligence. Such an enormous shift has not occurred since the Industrial Revolution, which changed nearly everything about how people lived.  None of us individually can change the course of human history or the effect of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Returning, Babel, Jerusalem:, Our, Response, the, Cultural, Shift</media:keywords>
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<title>Discovering the Saintly Soul Behind Sagrada Família</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/discovering-the-saintly-soul-behind-sagrada-familia</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Church’s 2,000-year history includes countless saints who received unique charisms from the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:4) suited to the needs of their respective times and places. Yet we sometimes forget that this tradition is not a completed history book, but a living tradition in which new heroes continue to show the light of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>We Have the Holy Spirit—Why Do We Need the Eucharist?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/we-have-the-holy-spiritwhy-do-we-need-the-eucharist</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Jesus ascended to Heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to His followers to give them the divine life of the Trinity.  Why, then, did He also give them a meal of Bread and Wine to attain eternal life? Gospel (Read Jn. 6:51-58) Our Easter lectionary readings moved us through Christ’s Resurrection, Ascension, and the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Eucharistic Miracles and the Ordinarily Miraculous</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/eucharistic-miracles-and-the-ordinarily-miraculous</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eucharistic Miracles are instances where consecrated bread and wine no longer appear as bread and wine. The veil of ordinary appearances is lifted, and we see, in a way our eyes of faith already trust, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Risen Lord, Jesus Christ. Though tradition assures us that these species are ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Eucharist is Truly Jesus—Does This Shock You?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Holy Eucharist is a shocking teaching of the Catholic Church. Indeed, the Lord’s teaching on the Eucharist has been shocking from the beginning. Today, followers of Christ still have trouble believing in this unwavering teaching from Jesus and His Church: that He is truly present—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—under the appearances, or accidents, of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Modernism’s Effect on the Eucharistic Prayer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What is the longest prayer prayed by Christ in the gospels? It is the High Priestly Prayer of Christ in the 17th chapter of John, which is one long conversation between Christ and His Father. Centuries before, Moses petitioned God on behalf of his stiff-necked people: If I find favor with you, O Lord, do ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Modernism’s, Effect, the, Eucharistic, Prayer</media:keywords>
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<title>Reaping the Whirlwind of the Contraceptive Mentality</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/reaping-the-whirlwind-of-the-contraceptive-mentality</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “John Paul II taught that the body has a ‘spousal meaning.’ It is made to express love as a free, total, faithful, and fruitful gift.” I graduated from high school in May of 1968. With my whole adult life ahead of me and college on the horizon, I wasn’t paying much attention to what was ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reaping, the, Whirlwind, the, Contraceptive, Mentality</media:keywords>
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<title>Hosts in the Sewer: A Nun’s Dream and the Silent Desecration of Our Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/hosts-in-the-sewer-a-nuns-dream-and-the-silent-desecration-of-our-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A few years ago, a religious sister shared a dream that has remained with me ever since. Her life is devoted to caring for those with severe mental and physical disabilities in Mumbai. In the dream she saw ordinary city streets. Open drains and sewers brimmed with filthy water and refuse. Floating amid the garbage ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hosts, the, Sewer:, Nun’s, Dream, and, the, Silent, Desecration, Our, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>Remembering the Lesson of the Good Samaritan</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/remembering-the-lesson-of-the-good-samaritan</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shortly after turning 50, my late father had to leave behind two decades of practicing law to go on full-time disability. At 7 years old, he had contracted Rheumatic Fever. That was the beginning of 61 long years of suffering. He spent a year of his childhood paralyzed. He spent a year homeschooling with his ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Remembering, the, Lesson, the, Good, Samaritan</media:keywords>
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<title>From Gift to Product: The Logic of IVF, Abortion, Eugenics, and Transhumanism</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/from-gift-to-product-the-logic-of-ivf-abortion-eugenics-and-transhumanism</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A few definitions will help at the outset. By IVF, or in vitro fertilization, I mean the generation of human embryos outside the body, ordinarily in a laboratory setting, with later transfer to the womb (Donum Vitae II.B; Dignitas Personae 12–18). By abortion, I mean the deliberate termination of the life of the unborn child ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Gift, Product:, The, Logic, IVF, Abortion, Eugenics, and, Transhumanism</media:keywords>
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<title>We Took God with Us: A Faith&#45;Filled Transition to Saint Mary School &amp;amp; Parish</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/we-took-god-with-us-a-faith-filled-transition-to-saint-mary-school-parish</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” (Josh. 1:9) The Lord is with you wherever you go—guiding you and, at times, gently redirecting you toward new beginnings you never expected. When our former Catholic school unexpectedly closed, it ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Took, God, with, Us:, Faith-Filled, Transition, Saint, Mary, School, Parish</media:keywords>
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<title>The Little Way of Spiritual Giants</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-little-way-of-spiritual-giants</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I recently taught a four-week course on St. Augustine’s Confessions to a group of mostly retired adults at a local parish. While re-reading St. Augustine’s writings in preparation for the course, I was simultaneously reading Fr. Joseph Spence’s Living the Little Way: Six Keys to the Spirituality of St. Thérèse. This unplanned process of reading ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Little, Way, Spiritual, Giants</media:keywords>
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<title>Educating in an Age of Rage</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/educating-in-an-age-of-rage</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/educating-in-an-age-of-rage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ You open Instagram. A teenager, iPhone in hand, blue debit card blazing on-screen, approaches a middle-aged man. The man is seated, swiping idly through his phone. The iPhone-bearing teen touches his device against the phone of his unsuspecting victim, and the “ca-ching!” of a successful Apple Wallet transaction chimes out sonorously through the halls of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Educating, Age, Rage</media:keywords>
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<title>Blessed Wyszyński: Steadfast Shepherd of a Nation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/blessed-wyszynski-steadfast-shepherd-of-a-nation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the Polish liturgical calendar, the obligatory memorial of Blessed Stefan Wyszyński is observed on May 28th. In the Homeland of St. John Paul II, he is revered as the “Primate of the Millennium” because, as Primate of Poland, he oversaw a nine-year program of preparation that culminated in the nationwide celebration of the millennium ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Healing from Rejection by Meditating on Christ’s</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/healing-from-rejection-by-meditating-on-christs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In all my years of ministering to others, the greatest pain I see over and over again is rejection. This wound cuts deep. Most people would rather suffer physical pain over being rejected or abandoned by someone they love or admire. Yet, in a fallen world, all of us will experience rejection at one time ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Perfect Timing of Trinity Sunday</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-perfect-timing-of-trinity-sunday</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On this first Sunday after Pentecost, the Church calls us to remember the Most Holy Trinity.  Why is this perfect timing? Gospel (Read Jn. 3:16-18) Sunday’s Gospel is different from any we have seen during the long seasons of Lent and Easter.  On Sunday after Sunday, the Gospels have reported actions of Jesus.  They have ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>A Slow Yet Joyful Haste: Living Catholicism Through Feast Days</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-slow-yet-joyful-haste-living-catholicism-through-feast-days</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/a-slow-yet-joyful-haste-living-catholicism-through-feast-days</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Happy feast of ____!” is a phrase heard frequently in my home. The Catholic liturgical year has been present in my understanding of time ever since I was young. As the eldest child in a homeschooling, daily-Mass-attending, saint-loving family, I discovered very early that every single day commemorates something or someone unique and important in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Jesus, I Love You: Don Dolindo’s Powerful Method of Interior Prayer</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/jesus-i-love-you-don-dolindos-powerful-method-of-interior-prayer</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/jesus-i-love-you-don-dolindos-powerful-method-of-interior-prayer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Servant of God Don Dolindo Ruotolo went one day to the Carmelite convent to visit his dear friend Sr. Maria Giuseppina. Years earlier, Sr. Maria Giuseppina, on the brink of death from tuberculosis and spinal meningitis, had received a miraculous healing through the intercession of St. Francis Xavier, and Don Dolindo had been present when ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Legacy of Mary’s Motherhood from Guadalupe to the Vatican</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-legacy-of-marys-motherhood-from-guadalupe-to-the-vatican</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-legacy-of-marys-motherhood-from-guadalupe-to-the-vatican</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Having traveled all over the world to pray at the shrines honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary, there is one place that allowed me to feel her tender motherly love especially: Mexico. Our Lady of Guadalupe captured my imagination. Looking into her eyes, I felt the comfort and love of a mother. The tilma is like ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Sacred Remembering: Memorial Day and the Eucharist</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/sacred-remembering-memorial-day-and-the-eucharist</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every year at the end of May, the United States observes Memorial Day, a civic holiday that pays honor to those men and women of the armed services who gave their lives in the service of our country. Ceremonies, parades, and speeches will be held in towns across our nation calling to mind our heroic ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Giotto’s Lamentation and the Face of Christ: Renaissance Humanism in Catholic Perspective</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/giottos-lamentation-and-the-face-of-christ-renaissance-humanism-in-catholic-perspective</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/giottos-lamentation-and-the-face-of-christ-renaissance-humanism-in-catholic-perspective</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Catholic view on Renaissance humanism has generally been positive, understanding it as an important cultural and intellectual movement that enriched Christian civilization. It especially views its 13th- through 15th-century forms as compatible with faith, where most of its works were grounded in the dignity of the human person created in God’s image (imago Dei). ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Giotto’s, Lamentation, and, the, Face, Christ:, Renaissance, Humanism, Catholic, Perspective</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Gemma Galgani, A Soul Willing to Suffer</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-gemma-galgani-a-soul-willing-to-suffer</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-gemma-galgani-a-soul-willing-to-suffer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As Catholics, we know that suffering is unavoidable, but it can teach us how to rely on God alone. That never stopped me from complaining about it, though, even as I tried to avoid even the hint of discomfort. When I compare myself to God’s saints, who often faced great suffering with incredible love and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Gemma, Galgani, Soul, Willing, Suffer</media:keywords>
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<title>The Extraordinary Possibilities of Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-extraordinary-possibilities-of-ordinary-time</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-extraordinary-possibilities-of-ordinary-time</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a modern world where the dynamic, fast-paced, and impressive nature and trajectory of technology dictate that each day seemingly brings a breakthrough or an app to make our lives easier, the term ordinary can seem wholly negative. Professionally, we strive to go beyond what seems ordinary. In our personal lives, we seek out opportunities ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Extraordinary, Possibilities, Ordinary, Time</media:keywords>
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<title>When Does a Human Person Begin?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-does-a-human-person-begin</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-does-a-human-person-begin</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why Beginnings Matter for Bioethics and Moral Courage When does a human being begin to be? At first glance, the question seems simple, much as the question of when a person dies can seem simple. In reality, both stand at the center of the most urgent bioethical debates of our time. The question of human ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, Does, Human, Person, Begin</media:keywords>
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<title>Navigating Luciferian False Light in a Confusing Age</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/navigating-luciferian-false-light-in-a-confusing-age</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/navigating-luciferian-false-light-in-a-confusing-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I had a very difficult situation arise in the wake of my father’s death. A person in a position of authority, who by all accounts was filled with light and joy, led us astray. I knew it was false. I battled against it alone. The difficulty for me was the seemingly radiant light and joy ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Navigating, Luciferian, False, Light, Confusing, Age</media:keywords>
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<title>Pentecost and Divinity’s Breath on Humanity</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/pentecost-and-divinitys-breath-on-humanity</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/pentecost-and-divinitys-breath-on-humanity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On Resurrection Day, Jesus breathed on His disciples, a gesture odd in itself but packed with meaning for our celebration of Pentecost. Gospel (Read Jn. 20:19-23) This Sunday’s Gospel tells us that Jesus surprised the disciples “on the evening of that first day of the week” by appearing in their midst without using a door ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pentecost, and, Divinity’s, Breath, Humanity</media:keywords>
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<title>From Dead Idol to Life&#45;Giving Spirit: On How to Wait for God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/from-dead-idol-to-life-giving-spirit-on-how-to-wait-for-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/from-dead-idol-to-life-giving-spirit-on-how-to-wait-for-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A few years ago, I travelled to Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, India, to teach classes. My overnight bus to Nagpur was scheduled for 9:30 pm, but it was delayed nearly two hours. I waited at the stop—perhaps dozing off or absorbed in my phone—distracted, not fully attentive. When I finally looked up, the bus had ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>From, Dead, Idol, Life-Giving, Spirit:, How, Wait, for, God</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Cultivate the Virtue of Patriotism</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/how-to-cultivate-the-virtue-of-patriotism</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/how-to-cultivate-the-virtue-of-patriotism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Patriotism can be a difficult virtue to practice, but the first step is to realize that it is a virtue and an important one at that. Without getting too technical, we can describe patriotism as the love of one’s civic fathers and mothers. It is a reverential love borne of gratitude for the many goods ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Cultivate, the, Virtue, Patriotism</media:keywords>
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<title>The Gift of Hope from a Good and Clear Conscience</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-gift-of-hope-from-a-good-and-clear-conscience</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-gift-of-hope-from-a-good-and-clear-conscience</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Peter wrote to a Christian community that was being persecuted for their faith in Christ: Beloved: Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope, but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that when you ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Gift, Hope, from, Good, and, Clear, Conscience</media:keywords>
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<title>Called to the Lay Monkery</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/called-to-the-lay-monkery</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/called-to-the-lay-monkery</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I recently picked up the book Joy Within His House: A Cloistered Nun’s Reflections on Following Christ by Sister Mary Magdalene of the Immaculate Conception Prewitt, OP. The book explores life within the cloister, which is a mysterious place for 99.999% of the world’s population. Her revelations are profound and distinctly Dominican. She answers the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Called, the, Lay, Monkery</media:keywords>
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<title>Worshipping the Rising Son: The Temple, the Lamb, and Facing East</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/worshipping-the-rising-son-the-temple-the-lamb-and-facing-east</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/worshipping-the-rising-son-the-temple-the-lamb-and-facing-east</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What happens after we die? Someone once gave examples to help formulate an answer. His help was in the form of questions: Have you tried to describe a rainbow to a man born blind? Or a Tchaikovsky symphony like Sleeping Beauty or Swan Lake, to a person born deaf? Explain the exquisite fragrance of a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Worshipping, the, Rising, Son:, The, Temple, the, Lamb, and, Facing, East</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Water Baptism Is Necessary for Salvation</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-water-baptism-is-necessary-for-salvation</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-water-baptism-is-necessary-for-salvation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jesus, Scripture, and the Catholic Church teach that water baptism is necessary for our salvation. It washes away our sins, infuses our souls with grace, and puts us in communion with God and His Church. Still, many wonder why we need water for baptism. Why can’t faith in Jesus be enough? Accordingly, this article will ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Water, Baptism, Necessary, for, Salvation</media:keywords>
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<title>Courage and Strength Come from Being Loved</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/courage-and-strength-come-from-being-loved</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/courage-and-strength-come-from-being-loved</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ About twenty years ago, I was at a Mass celebrated by Fr. Richard McAlear, OMI (frmac.org), a well-known priest with the gift and charism of healing. Fr. McAlear prayed over each person who came forward and spoke a few words with them. When it was my turn, Father held my face, looked into my eyes ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Courage, and, Strength, Come, from, Being, Loved</media:keywords>
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<title>The Paradox of the Ascension</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-paradox-of-the-ascension</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-paradox-of-the-ascension</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ascension Sunday presents a paradox:  Jesus leaves His apostles for Heaven, but He assures them He is always with them.  What kind of departure was this? Gospel (Read Mt. 28:16-20) Sunday’s Gospel records the end of Jesus’ forty days of post-Resurrection appearances and teaching.  The account of what actually happened during those days is quite ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Paradox, the, Ascension</media:keywords>
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<title>Awaiting Pentecost and the Docudrama “That They May Be One”</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/awaiting-pentecost-and-the-docudrama-that-they-may-be-one</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/awaiting-pentecost-and-the-docudrama-that-they-may-be-one</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Church has entered into that liturgical time between Ascension and Pentecost, the time of the original novena. As we journey through this time of focused prayer to the Holy Spirit, a new film will be hitting theaters nationwide May 19-20. That They May Be One is a docudrama combining commentaries and visually stunning reenactments. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Awaiting, Pentecost, and, the, Docudrama, “That, They, May, One”</media:keywords>
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<title>Restoring the Ascension to Thursday: A Strong Step in Renewing Catholic Culture</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/restoring-the-ascension-to-thursday-a-strong-step-in-renewing-catholic-culture</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/restoring-the-ascension-to-thursday-a-strong-step-in-renewing-catholic-culture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of my tasks while working at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State was to handle letters written to the pope from bishops throughout the world. I would briefly summarize their contents before forwarding them to the Holy Father so that he might decide how to respond. Although the range of concerns expressed by shepherds across ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Restoring, the, Ascension, Thursday:, Strong, Step, Renewing, Catholic, Culture</media:keywords>
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<title>The Resurgence of Dominican Sisters</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-resurgence-of-dominican-sisters</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-resurgence-of-dominican-sisters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For several decades now, the landscape of women’s religious life in the United States and across the Western world has been marked by noticeable decline. While the number of Catholics continues to climb to historic highs in the Americas, the place of religious vocations continues to progressively shrink. Liturgically, this decline poses its own challenges, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Resurgence, Dominican, Sisters</media:keywords>
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<title>The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima Is Truly Mother’s Day</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-feast-of-our-lady-of-fatima-is-truly-mothers-day</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-feast-of-our-lady-of-fatima-is-truly-mothers-day</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What better way to honor our Blessed Mother and make every single day of the year Mother’s Day for her than by following the counsel and requests of Our Lady of Fatima? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Feast, Our, Lady, Fatima, Truly, Mother’s, Day</media:keywords>
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<title>The Disciple Who Remained: How the Apostles Chose Judas’ Replacement</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-disciple-who-remained-how-the-apostles-chose-judas-replacement</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-disciple-who-remained-how-the-apostles-chose-judas-replacement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every year on May 14th, the Church celebrates the feast of the Apostle who came late to the party: St. Matthias. Biblically, we know very little about this man, but legend and tradition tell us he was full of zeal. Upon being chosen to be counted among the Twelve, he devoted his life to preaching ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Disciple, Who, Remained:, How, the, Apostles, Chose, Judas’, Replacement</media:keywords>
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<title>The Diaconate: Learning to Die to Self for My Husband’s Call</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-diaconate-learning-to-die-to-self-for-my-husbands-call</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-diaconate-learning-to-die-to-self-for-my-husbands-call</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost five years ago, on a beautiful, warm summer evening, while watching our daughter play soccer, my husband turned to share some life-changing news with me. I remember it clear as day. He told me: “I’ve been quietly discerning the diaconate for the past 9 months.” It was not something I ever expected. I listened ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Diaconate:, Learning, Die, Self, for, Husband’s, Call</media:keywords>
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<title>The Lesson of the Ascension in Our Lives Today</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-lesson-of-the-ascension-in-our-lives-today</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-lesson-of-the-ascension-in-our-lives-today</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever noticed how the Ascension is celebrated during a time when many cross graduation stages and enter new stages of life? There is much to learn from these seemingly unrelated yet coinciding events. Against the context of graduations and new beginnings, the Ascension of the Lord imparts a deeper, richer perspective on the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Lesson, the, Ascension, Our, Lives, Today</media:keywords>
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<title>Eros and Agape: The Greek Origins of Christian Love</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/eros-and-agape-the-greek-origins-of-christian-love</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/eros-and-agape-the-greek-origins-of-christian-love</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In his first encyclical, Pope Benedict XVI looked over the course of his life, beginning before World War II, throughout which he witnessed firsthand the propensity of human beings to hate, interspersed with episodes of what the world called “love.” Love, he reflected, “has become one of the most frequently used and misused of words, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Eros, and, Agape:, The, Greek, Origins, Christian, Love</media:keywords>
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<title>St. Jerome on the Treasures and Charisms of Women</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/st-jerome-on-the-treasures-and-charisms-of-women</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/st-jerome-on-the-treasures-and-charisms-of-women</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ St. Teresa of Avila used to carry a small piece of paper in her breviary that listed the 33 saints (or categories of saints, e.g. angels, patriarchs, martyrs, or saints of the Carmelite Order) to whom she was chiefly devoted (Apuntaciones, 8). At the top of the list was St. Joseph, which is not surprising ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>St., Jerome, the, Treasures, and, Charisms, Women</media:keywords>
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<title>There is Always Hope: Faith Rooted in Childhood Will Prevail</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/there-is-always-hope-faith-rooted-in-childhood-will-prevail</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/there-is-always-hope-faith-rooted-in-childhood-will-prevail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I can only imagine the anguish devout Catholic parents must feel when their child, be they adolescent or adult, moves away from God. They stand sadly by, hoping and praying that their offspring will return to the loving embrace of their heavenly Father. Hope and prayer, the mainstay of our Christian Faith, is the only ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>There, Always, Hope:, Faith, Rooted, Childhood, Will, Prevail</media:keywords>
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<title>Cooperation with Evil: Why the Distinctions Matter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/cooperation-with-evil-why-the-distinctions-matter</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/cooperation-with-evil-why-the-distinctions-matter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Servant and the Ladder Consider the old moral case condemned by Blessed Innocent XI (1676–1689). A servant helps his master climb through a window to commit a grave sexual crime, perhaps by holding the ladder, opening the door, or otherwise assisting him. Could the servant excuse himself by saying he feared being treated badly ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Cooperation, with, Evil:, Why, the, Distinctions, Matter</media:keywords>
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<title>Overcoming Sexual Sin Through the Sorrowful Mysteries</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/overcoming-sexual-sin-through-the-sorrowful-mysteries</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/overcoming-sexual-sin-through-the-sorrowful-mysteries</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After living in sexual sin most of my adolescent and adult life, everything changed with a visit to an Adoration Chapel. My past suddenly felt foreign, my desires shifted, and God gave me new strength. Learning the fruits of the Sorrowful Mysteries became the foundation of my new path. Meditating on Jesus’ Passion gave me ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Overcoming, Sexual, Sin, Through, the, Sorrowful, Mysteries</media:keywords>
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<title>The Promise That Makes Christianity Unique: Sixth Sunday of Easter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-promise-that-makes-christianity-unique-sixth-sunday-of-easter</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-promise-that-makes-christianity-unique-sixth-sunday-of-easter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday’s readings deepen our understanding of the mystery of Easter:  Christ rose from the dead to live His life again in us. Gospel (Read Jn. 14:15-21) Here we continue in Jesus’ Last Supper Discourse with the Twelve.  He is speaking forthrightly to His friends about an imminent change in their three-year jaunt with the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Promise, That, Makes, Christianity, Unique:, Sixth, Sunday, Easter</media:keywords>
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<title>The Church as Our Consoling Mother</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-church-as-our-consoling-mother</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-church-as-our-consoling-mother</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid a world ripe with uncertainty, fear, and sorrow, the Catholic Church stands as a loving and consoling mother, guiding her children toward the eternal embrace of Jesus Christ in heaven. The Catholic Church describes herself as a she. She is not merely an institution or an assembly of believers—she is a living, breathing organism: ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Church, Our, Consoling, Mother</media:keywords>
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<title>Witnesses to Faith: 5 Inspiring Mother’s Day Stories</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/witnesses-to-faith-5-inspiring-mothers-day-stories</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/witnesses-to-faith-5-inspiring-mothers-day-stories</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When I was a teenager, my mom received a thyroid cancer diagnosis. This moment was particularly difficult for her because, when she was 15, cancer had claimed the life of her own mother. She told me later that getting cancer when my sister and I were kids was her worst nightmare. Originally from Cuba and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Witnesses, Faith:, Inspiring, Mother’s, Day, Stories</media:keywords>
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<title>What St. Philip the Apostle Teaches Us About Being Chosen</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/what-st-philip-the-apostle-teaches-us-about-being-chosen</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-st-philip-the-apostle-teaches-us-about-being-chosen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Scripture does not give us an abundance of information about the Apostle Philip; in fact, other than being listed as one of the Twelve in the books of the New Testament, any direct reference to him occurs just three times, and only in the Gospel of John. However, the three episodes we hear about Philip’s ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, St., Philip, the, Apostle, Teaches, About, Being, Chosen</media:keywords>
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<title>5 Ways to Remember Your Baptism Every Day</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/5-ways-to-remember-your-baptism-every-day</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/5-ways-to-remember-your-baptism-every-day</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How thankful we should all be for having received the Sacrament of Baptism. Through this great sacrament, defined as the gateway or threshold of entrance into the Catholic Church, extraordinary graces have been gratuitously bestowed on the recipient. The greatest of all gifts that flow from Baptism is the initiation of an intimate relationship with ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ways, Remember, Your, Baptism, Every, Day</media:keywords>
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<title>An Unborn Child Was the First to Recognize Jesus</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/an-unborn-child-was-the-first-to-recognize-jesus</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/an-unborn-child-was-the-first-to-recognize-jesus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A Deep Dive into the Visitation’s Theological Mystery When reading the Gospels, we most likely will think of the disciples acknowledging Jesus or the crowds praising Him. But long before Christ’s public ministry started, and even before He was born, there was an unexpected recognition of Jesus that did not come from a scholar, but ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Unborn, Child, Was, the, First, Recognize, Jesus</media:keywords>
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<title>Mass, Jazz, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and St. Jude</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/mass-jazz-our-lady-of-guadalupe-and-st-jude</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/mass-jazz-our-lady-of-guadalupe-and-st-jude</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nothing says jazz like New Orleans, and nothing says Catholic like the Mass. So, a jazz Mass on Good Shepherd Sunday in New Orleans at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and International St. Jude Shrine was a blessing on many levels. I had traveled from North Dakota with a son and his family. All That ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mass, Jazz, Our, Lady, Guadalupe, and, St., Jude</media:keywords>
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<title>Are We Bound by the Past? Generational Curses, Trauma, and the Freedom to Change</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/are-we-bound-by-the-past-generational-curses-trauma-and-the-freedom-to-change</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/are-we-bound-by-the-past-generational-curses-trauma-and-the-freedom-to-change</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Early in my clinical training, one of my first patients told me something I have never forgotten: “my family is cursed—and so am I.” He described a history marked by abuse, addiction, and abandonment. Patterns that had repeated across generations. “It will always be like this,” he said, and so a life worth living was ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Are, Bound, the, Past, Generational, Curses, Trauma, and, the, Freedom, Change</media:keywords>
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<title>Reject the False Idol of the Cold, Distant God</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/reject-the-false-idol-of-the-cold-distant-god</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/reject-the-false-idol-of-the-cold-distant-god</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Usually, I have difficulty choosing a Lenten goal or devotional. This year, I found my spiritual and physical life interrupted and a new sense of what it means to be in the “desert of Lent.” That first week, I awoke in the ICU with a BiPAP mask strapped to my face. I was in the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reject, the, False, Idol, the, Cold, Distant, God</media:keywords>
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<title>Spiritual Motherhood: The Unexpected Gift of Surrendering to God’s Plan</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/spiritual-motherhood-the-unexpected-gift-of-surrendering-to-gods-plan</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/spiritual-motherhood-the-unexpected-gift-of-surrendering-to-gods-plan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On a warm spring evening recently, I stood outside the entryway to the chapel on campus while one of my students said good-bye to me. When I first started in campus ministry, he was the one I was most worried about. He was withdrawn, overwhelmed, and barely spoke to me the first semester of my ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Spiritual, Motherhood:, The, Unexpected, Gift, Surrendering, God’s, Plan</media:keywords>
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<title>You Will Do Greater Works Than These: Fifth Sunday of Easter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/you-will-do-greater-works-than-these-fifth-sunday-of-easter</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/you-will-do-greater-works-than-these-fifth-sunday-of-easter</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this Sunday’s Gospel, we see the apostles as dense as they can possibly be, yet Jesus promises: “You will do the works that I do…and greater ones.”  Really? Gospel (Read Jn. 14:1-14) Sunday’s reading comes in the context of the Last Supper Discourse (Jn. 13-17), when Jesus speaks to the Twelve more directly than ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>You, Will, Greater, Works, Than, These:, Fifth, Sunday, Easter</media:keywords>
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<title>The Fellowship of St. Joseph: A Model for Men’s Groups</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-fellowship-of-st-joseph-a-model-for-mens-groups</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-fellowship-of-st-joseph-a-model-for-mens-groups</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Fellowship of St. Joseph (“FOSJ”) is flourishing. FOSJ is a men’s group in Wilmington, Delaware, devoted to the spiritual development of its approximately two dozen members. Started during the COVID lockdowns, the group meets a pressing need among Catholic men hungry for Christ in an increasingly hostile and vacuous culture. Entering its sixth year, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Fellowship, St., Joseph:, Model, for, Men’s, Groups</media:keywords>
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<title>Beads, Not Battles: A Family’s Guide to Spiritual Activism</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/beads-not-battles-a-familys-guide-to-spiritual-activism</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/beads-not-battles-a-familys-guide-to-spiritual-activism</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the West today, the signs of unrest in our young people are growing louder than ever. Teens are marching, shouting, posting, protesting—ultimately searching for meaning, identity, and purpose in their lives. Through all the activism and beneath all the noise, there is a restlessness that is not calmed, anger that is not resolved, anxiety ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Beads, Not, Battles:, Family’s, Guide, Spiritual, Activism</media:keywords>
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<title>Love and Life: The Choice of St. Gianna Beretta Molla, Heroic Mother</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/love-and-life-the-choice-of-st-gianna-beretta-molla-heroic-mother</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/love-and-life-the-choice-of-st-gianna-beretta-molla-heroic-mother</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a culture where the emphasis on self-fulfillment is the goal for personal happiness, the pro-life witness of a mother in Italy in the 1960s is rather counter-cultural. Gianna Beretta Molla was a Catholic wife, mother, and medical doctor, who sacrificed her life for her baby. She was an ordinary, contemporary working woman, who believed ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Love, and, Life:, The, Choice, St., Gianna, Beretta, Molla, Heroic, Mother</media:keywords>
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<title>Man Is an Exception</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/man-is-an-exception</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/man-is-an-exception</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ You have to be careful how you talk about animals nowadays, especially domestic animals. They’ve taken on a sort of pseudo-human status. The internet has almost as many reels about dogs and cats as it does about people. And that’s understandable; animals are easier to have a relationship with than other humans. I mean, for ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Man, Exception</media:keywords>
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<title>Letting Go of Outcomes, Adversaries, and Anxious Love with St. Catherine of Siena</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/letting-go-of-outcomes-adversaries-and-anxious-love-with-st-catherine-of-siena</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/letting-go-of-outcomes-adversaries-and-anxious-love-with-st-catherine-of-siena</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the biography of St. Catherine, we hear that this holy saint once complained to God with sorrow and frustration that her prayers and offerings could not prevent the loss of salvation for certain souls. In her great anguish, God responded with perhaps the most famous quote of all time attributed to her Dialogue with ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Letting, Outcomes, Adversaries, and, Anxious, Love, with, St., Catherine, Siena</media:keywords>
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<title>Yes, Religion Has a Place on Campus</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/yes-religion-has-a-place-on-campus</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/yes-religion-has-a-place-on-campus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Recently, a friend and fellow student at Florida International University sent me an article from PantherNOW, FIU’s student newspaper, which posed a striking question: “Should Religion Have a Place in FIU?” My friend isn’t particularly religious like I am, but even he was bewildered at the idea that anyone would say “no” to that question. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Yes, Religion, Has, Place, Campus</media:keywords>
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<title>Don’t Let the Flock Minimize the Shepherd: The Difference Between the 2 Priesthoods</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/dont-let-the-flock-minimize-the-shepherd-the-difference-between-the-2-priesthoods</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/dont-let-the-flock-minimize-the-shepherd-the-difference-between-the-2-priesthoods</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ …he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. In Christ’s time, brave shepherds in Israel would come together in the evening, put their flocks into a community holding pen, and take turns guarding the gate. In the morning, they’d open the gate, and the sheep would listen for ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Don’t, Let, the, Flock, Minimize, the, Shepherd:, The, Difference, Between, the, Priesthoods</media:keywords>
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<title>Following the Voice of the Good Shepherd: Fourth Sunday of Easter</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/following-the-voice-of-the-good-shepherd-fourth-sunday-of-easter</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/following-the-voice-of-the-good-shepherd-fourth-sunday-of-easter</guid>
<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>
<media:keywords>Following, the, Voice, the, Good, Shepherd:, Fourth, Sunday, Easter</media:keywords>
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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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-fine-print-of-faith-amusing-errors-and-biblical-misprints</guid>
<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>
<media:keywords>The, Fine, Print, Faith:, Amusing, Errors, and, Biblical, Misprints</media:keywords>
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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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/and-then-what-fulton-sheen-on-contentment-contingencies</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/faust-false-fire-and-the-terror-of-demons</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/was-peter-truly-the-first-pope</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/kudos-for-my-guidance-director</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-students-of-the-apostles-what-they-teach-us-about-early-christianity</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/conscience-is-not-what-you-think-it-is-part-2</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/why-a-theory-of-everything-could-not-answer-the-most-transcendent-questions</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-old-man-and-the-sea-a-catholic-classic-for-everyone</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/10-weeks-to-spiritual-advancement-with-st-ignatius</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/we-must-build-a-culture-of-vocations-for-young-people</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/gods-hidden-plan-revealed-third-sunday-of-easter</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/translation-transformation-and-doctrine-theological-implications-of-language-and-meaning</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/what-is-your-priority</guid>
<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>
<media:keywords>What, Your, Priority</media:keywords>
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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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/revenge-of-the-slaves-or-victory-of-christ</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-apparent-hypocrisy-of-christ-a-tribute-to-messori</guid>
<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>
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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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/conscience-is-not-what-you-think-it-is-part-1</guid>
<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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-unending-triumph-of-mercy</guid>
<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>
<media:keywords>The, Unending, Triumph, Mercy</media:keywords>
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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>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-way-of-light-praying-the-stations-of-the-resurrection-during-easter</guid>
<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>
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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>
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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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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<title>Africa’s Catholic Awakening Amid Persecution</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/africas-catholic-awakening-amid-persecution</link>
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<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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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